Both sides of the border : : a scattering of Texas folklore / / edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Kenneth L. Untiedt.
Texas' songs, tales, and traditions have lived and prospered on the other sides of Texas borders at one time or another before they crossed the rivers. ""Both Sides of the Border"" contains something foreveryone interested in Texas folklore.
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| Superior document: | Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; 61 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ;
no. 61. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 304 pages ). |
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Table of Contents:
- Title Page; Contents; Preface; PART I. REMEMBERING OUR ANCESTORS; Chapter 1. Letters from J. Frank Dobie to John Robert Craddock; Chapter 2. Doc Sonnichsen Holds His Own; PART II. TEXAS-MEXICAN FOLKLORE; Chapter 3. Growing Up on Both Sides of the Border; Chapter 4. Welito: A Mexican-American Family in Southwest Texas; Chapter 5. Folklore of a San Antonio Midwife; Chapter 6. Religion, Superstitions, and Remedios; Chapter 7. Pepe's Panaderia: Bread Folklore; Chapter 8. A Tortilla Is Never ""Just"" a Tortilla; PART III. MISCELLANEOUS MEMORABILIA
- Chapter 9. The Evolution of a Legend: The Headless Horseman; Chapter 10. Who is Buried in Jesse James' Grave?; Chapter 11. A Note on the Pacing White Mustang Legend; Chapter 12. Hell is for He-Men!; Chapter 13. Clementine Hunter: Folk Artist; Chapter 14. Packaged Folklore: The Texas Folklife Festival; Chapter 15. Same Song, Second Verse; Chapter 16. Texas Kitsch and Other Collectibles; Chapter 17. Texas Freedman's Settlements in the New South; Chapter 18. Toby's Hound; PART IV. THE FAMILY SAGA (Continued); Chapter 19. Passing the Light: How Family Stories Shape Our Lives
- Chapter 20. Two Tales of My Family: Two Tales of Who I Am; Chapter 21. Red Kelly's Grandmother; Chapter 22. A Family Full of Scars; Chapter 23. The Day Grandpa Blew Up the Tractor; Chapter 24. Greater Love . . .; Chapter 25. Family Saga vs. History: Hezekiah Lincecum and the Church; List of Contributors; Index