Deep East Texas Folk
Author : Terry G. Jordan-Bychkov
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Harrison County (Tex.)
ISBN :
The Golden Log
Author : Mody Coggin Boatright
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Folklore
ISBN : 9781574411102
Book Description
The nameless settlement deep in the East Texas forest was truly paradise-until a young bride took a forbidden sliver from the gold log that spanned a nearby creek; whereupon the log disappeared into the water, bride and groom were banished, and hard times fell upon all. And thus, the story goes, was paradise lost in East Texas. Like the more than a dozen other contributions in this volume, "The Golden Log" typifies the combined universality and fresh and authentic regional flavor of southwestern lore and legend. Here are tales of early Texas days, told as they were told of old: "Thirteen Tales from Houston County" by Theodore B. Brunner; "Homemade Tales" by Richard M. Rivers; "Cuentos de Susto," by Baldemar A. Jimenex; and many others. On the contemporary scene are "The Petroleum Geologist: A Folk Image" by Mody Boatright and "The Changing Concept of the Negro Hero" by Roger Abrahams. Paul Patterson gives us "Cowboy Comedians and Horseback Humorists," and A. L. Bennett "Joe Say, Wit and Storyteller" for samples of native southwestern humor.
Publications of the Texas Folk-lore Society
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 19,67 MB
Release : 1916
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Book Description
Eats
Author : Ernestine P. Sewell
Publisher : TCU Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,30 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780875650357
Book Description
A collection of pictures, historical information folklore and recipes of Texas foods.
Under the Chinaberry Tree
Author : Tumbleweed Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,16 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9781571685230
Book Description
A collection of some of the most fascinating East Texas tales and folk wisdom that the author has gathered over the years.
Texian Stomping Grounds
Author : J. Frank Dobie
Publisher :
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 42,31 MB
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781574410891
Book Description
A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, which examines how Texans of many races have shaped their lives and shaped the state.
Finding Love in a Bread Bowl & Other East Texas Folk Tales
Author : Patsy Johnson Hallman
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781622881697
Book Description
Finding Love in a Bread Bowl, Patsy Hallman's collection of East Texas folk tales, vignettes, and memories is a delightful foray into times past. Readers will discover courtships determined by the washing of bread bowls, hear about Sam Houston's baptism and amorist pursuits that took place in Nacogdoches, find out what role Nacogdoches played in the Civil War South, and learn about how higher education became a central concern for the East Texas community, among a wide range of other topics. The work is not merely a nostalgic look at an era long lost, however. It is also a collection that rings of universality, including as it does tales of tragedy, of humor and joy, of family, and of the conflicts that life makes for all and how endurance settles the argument. This book threads together a compelling and memorable feast for readers not only of the East Texas region but from the piney woods as well.
Tales from the Big Thicket
Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574411423
Book Description
Abernethy presents the history and folklore of the Big Thicket and its people, including a collection of Alabama-Coushatta tales, a search for hidden Jayhawkers during the Civil War, a nineteenth-century travel account, and a family history of the legendary Hooks.
Stories from Deep East Texas
Author : Jarrell Morris
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Juneteenth Texas
Author : Francis Edward Abernethy
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 17,56 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574410181
Book Description
Juneteenth Texas reflects the many dimensions of African-American folklore. The personal essays are reminiscences about the past and are written from both black and white perspectives. They are followed by essays which classify and describe different aspects of African-American folk culture in Texas; studies of specific genres of folklore, such as songs and stories; studies of specific performers, such as Lightnin' Hopkins and Manse Lipscomb and of particular folklorists who were important in the collecting of African-American folklore, such as J. Mason Brewer; and a section giving resources for the further study of African Americans in Texas.
