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.