T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore by Abernethy, Francis Edward

T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781574411034)

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T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore by Abernethy, Francis Edward

T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore

$21.95
T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore by Abernethy, Francis Edward

T for Texas: A State Full of Folklore

$21.95
Format: Paperback
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This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains a valuable chronological and bibliographical listing of Texas Folklore Society publications. It also includes twenty-five folk tales, including the lore of the armadillo, Texas country schoolteachers; legal lore from the courthouse; persimmon beer; classic honky tonks; Mexican lore on how to "have, hold, or free oneself of a lover"; Pecos Bill; the vampire; peyote ceremonialism; animal metaphors; Texas prison folklore; oil field jokes; and quilting, among others.



Author: Francis Edward Abernethy
ISBN-10: 1574411039
ISBN-13: 9781574411034
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2000
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.74d
By Francis Edward Abernethy
By Francis Edward Abernethy
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FRANCIS EDWARD ABERNETHY was Regents Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, the executive secretary and editor of the Texas Folklore Society, the curator of exhibits for the East Texas Historical Association, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. In addition to editing twenty-one Texas Folklore Society publications, he wrote Singin' Texas, Legends of Texas' Heroic Age, and all three volumes of the Texas Folklore Society history, published by the University of North Texas Press.

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