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Always the Underdog
Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War
Inbunden, 2010
355 kr
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Louisiana’s Neutral Strip, an area of pine forests, squats between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers on the border of East Texas. Early in its history, the region developed a reputation as a harsh frontier where grit and tenacity became indispensable tools of survival. During the Louisiana Purchase, …
Folktales from the Helotes Settlement
Av John Igo
Inbunden, 2015
232 kr
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Folktales from the Helotes Settlement is a collection of personal memories from the Folklore Society’s longest active member, who first joined more than fifty years ago. Here we find legends, customs, and beliefs of the people of the Helotes Settlement near San Antonio. These stories capture the …
Boyhood Dream Realized
Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at a Time
Av Burle Pettit
Häftad, 2020
256 kr
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This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #27. The editorial columns included herein tell stories, and tell about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams...and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes things …
Fiestas in Laredo Volume 30
Matachines, Quinceañeras, and George Washington's Birthday
Inbunden, 2024
354 kr
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This book celebrates the many types of fiestas found in the border community of Laredo, Texas. Told from an insider’s perspective and blending memoir, ethnography, and a folkloristic analysis, the author explores the meaning of the celebrations for the community. Norma E. CantÚ focuses on three …
Illustrators and Illustrations of Texas Folklore Society Publications, Volume 31
Inbunden, 2026
449 kr
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Illustrators and Illustrations of Texas Folklore Society Publications features thirty-five biographies and photographic portraits of illustrators who have created art for the Texas Folklore Society, including Ben Carlton Mead, Jose Cisneros, and Bill Wittliff. It also includes color and …
Charreada
Mexican Rodeo in Texas
Av Al Rendon
Häftad, 2010
224 kr
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El Charro , or man on horseback, has represented the spirit of independent Mexico since he played an important role in the 1821 revolution. He is the Mexican version of the American cowboy, only much older, arising from the ranch culture first brought to Mexico by the Spanish. The Charreada is his …
Short Call
Snippets from the Smallest Places in Texas, 1935-2000
Inbunden, 2015
246 kr
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Joyce Gibson Roach has collected “snippets” of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns—and the people who inhabit them. Many of the younger generations leave such towns, finding both place and society crumbling. Those who’ve stayed are finding …
San Saba Treasure
Legends of Silver Creek
Av David Lewis
Inbunden, 2018
239 kr
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In 1868, four treasure hunters from San Marcos, Texas, searched for a lost mine on the San Saba River, near today's Menard. It was popularized as folklore in J. Frank Dobie's treasure legend classic Coronado's Children. One hundred and fifty years later, a descendant of one of those four men set …
Boyhood Dream Realized
Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at a Time
Av Burle Pettit
Inbunden, 2019
268 kr
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This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #27. The editorial columns included herein tell stories, and tell about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams . . . and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes …
Biscuit for Your Shoe
A Memoir of County Line, a Texas Freedom Colony
Inbunden, 2020
261 kr
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A Biscuit for Your Shoe captures the lore of a community which began as a freedom colony west of Nacogdoches in East Texas, through the eyes of Beatrice Upshaw. The book is a memoir, but it shares more than merely family memories of significant events. It tells of beliefs, home remedies, folk …
Rare Integrity Volume 29
A Portrait of L. W. Payne, Jr.
Inbunden, 2022
261 kr
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Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr. (1873-1945), counted Robert Frost among his friends and a member of the inner circle of poets who embraced him and sought his advice. He altered forever the perception of Texas when he created the Texas Folklore Society that continues to record, publish, and promote Texas …
