Puro Mexicano : Lore and Legends from South of the Border / / edited by J. Frank Dobie.

• Author: Dobie, J. Frank 1888-1964.
• Place / Publishing House: Denton, Tex. : : University of North Texas Press,, 2000, 1969.; ©2000, 1969.
• Year of Publication: 1969; 2000
• Language: English; Spanish
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 261 pages )
• Notes: Includes index.; Originally published by Texas Folklore Society, Austin as no. 12 of its Publications.

A collection of Mexican folk tales.

Table of Contents

Prefatory wisdom / J. Frank Dobie -- A pack load of Mexican tales / Riley Aiken -- The wonderful Chirrionera / Dan Storm -- Br'er Coyote / Sarah S. McKellar -- The bullet-swallower / Jovita Gonzl̀ez -- Tales from San Elizario / Josefina Escajeda -- The metamorphosis of a folk tale / Elizabeth W. DeHuff -- How the Tehuana women became handsome / H.M. Taylor -- The flaming flower / Catherine J. Stoker -- Juan Garca̕ goes to heaven / Frost Woodhull -- The eagle lover / Bertha McKee Dobie -- Legends from Durango / Everardo Gm̀iz -- Holy Ghost Canyon / Maude McFie Bloom -- Old-time new Mexican usages / Alice M. Crook -- Sons of the devil / Joe Storm -- Catorce / J. Frank Dobie -- The little white dog / Hugh McGehee Taylor -- Ranchero sayings of the border / Howard D. Wesley -- Songs of the Mexican migration / Paul S. Taylor -- The enchanted city of Monte Albǹ / E.R. Sims -- The Texas Folk-lore Society -- Contributors -- Index.