"Legendary" Texans -- Jacob Brodbeck: the first man to fly /Jerry Young -- Hugh 'Hackberry Slim' Johnson, II / Jo Virgil -- The grave of the lonesome cowboy: Mitchell Crossing Ranch, McCulloch County, Texas / Barbara Finlay -- Georgianna Knowles: borderland bullfighter / Charlie T. McCormick -- Sam Houston was not born in Texas, and other disturbing facts / Vicky J. Rose -- Did David Crockett really stop in Bastrop? some facts and folklore / Mariann Laughlin -- Myth, folklore, and misconception in the 1860 capture of Cynthia Ann Parker / Paul H. Carlson -- The legend of Old Casuse and his paint horse gallows / Michael Collins -- The hermit: a study of the legend central to Cascade Caverns in Boerne, Texas / Erin Marissa Russell and Matt Gibson -- A British adventure in the year of the Texas centennial / Adam Cree -- The family saga of Mody Boatright / James Mody Bridges -- The legacy of John O. West: Mexican-American folklore from the 20th to the 21st century / Meredith E. Abarca and Lucy Fischer-West -- Texas folk song and dance -- Here a ditty, there a ditty, everywhere a little ditty / Karen Reinartz Haile -- Come on-a my house: a look at the house and ranch dances of Texas / Carol Bolland -- Yodels, cattle calls, and other melodious sounds / Jean Granberry Schnitz -- Boosting the Eden Bulldogs Margaret A. Cox -- Refrain from prison: how the Texas prison music program connected the incarcerated and 'the free' / Ruth Massingill, Mel Strait, and Emily Jones -- Life in Texas as we remember it -- Our pre-teen silver screen dreams and pied-piper Melton Barker, an itinerant filmmaker / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan -- Visiting in the 1930s / W. Floyd Elliott -- Whiskey stills in the hills / Lee Haile -- Cooking with gas: the quiet revolution / Charles Williams -- Homestead heritage farms: a step back in time in central Texas / Charles B. Martin -- Old cars driving around Austin: boyhood adventures behind the wheel / John Meadows -- Before I was five / Elizabeth Harris Duncan.
Summary:
There is sometimes a fine line between history and folklore. This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society tells stories about real-life characters from Texas's history, as well as personal reflections about life from diverse perspectives throughout the last century. The first section covers legendary characters like Davy Crockett and Sam Houston, and people who were bigger or bolder than others, yet seem to have been forgotten. The second section includes works that examine songs of our youth, as well as the customs associated with music, whether it's on a football field or in a prison yard. The works in the final section recall memories of a simpler time, when cars and home appliances lacked modern conveniences, and when it was a treat just to go and "visit" with family and friends. All of these works capture something of our past, if only to carry it on and keep it alive for generations to come.
Series:
Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; lxxii
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