Folk travelers : ballads, tales, and talk /
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| Imprint: | Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2000. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25 Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 25. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12868097 |
Table of Contents:
- The traveling anecdote / J. Frank Dobib 1
- Folklore in natural history / Roy Bedichek 18
- The names of western wild animals / George D. Hendricks 40
- Bonny Barbara Allen / Joseph W. Hendren 47
- Aunt Cordie's ax and other motifs in oil / Mody C. Boatright 75
- The western ballad and the Russian ballada / Robert C. Stephenson 86
- Signature in ballad and story / Robert C. Stephenson 97
- The love tragedy in Texas-Mexican balladry / Americo Paredes 110
- Come buy, come buy / Elizabeth Hurley 115
- Folkways on Bear Creek / E.J. Rissmann 139
- Emerson and the language of the folk / John Q. Anderson 152
- Tales of Neiman-Marcus / James Howard 160
- Origins of Uvalde County cattle brands / Orlan L. Sawey 171
- I want my golden arm / Wilson M. Hudson 183
- Black and white magic on the Texas-Mexican border / Gabriel Cordova 195
- Weather talk from the Cap Rock / Everett A. Gillis 200
- The devil in the big bend / Elton R. Miles 205
- Wham, jam, Jenny-mo-wham / Peggy Hendricks 217
- Richard's tales / Richard Smith 220.