Folk travelers ballads, tales, and talk

Record details

ISBN: 058525365X (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780585253657 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1574411098
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (261 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Denton, TX : University of North Texas Press, 2000.

General Note:	Original print copyright held by Texas Folklore Society.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.