Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore
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Collection of folklore stories and personal anecdotes that relate to travel in Texas, grouped into broad topics that include historic and modern modes of transportation. Index starts on page 281.
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xi, 307 p. : col. ill.
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Untiedt, Kenneth L. December 15, 2007.
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- Untiedt, Kenneth L. Author of Preface
Contributing Authors
- Harris, Jim Texans on the Road: The Folklore of Travel
- McDonald, Archie P. Traveling Texan
- Lincecum, Jerry B. Red River Bridge War
- Hanson, Carol Wagon Train Experience
- Harris, Mary Farm and Ranch Entrances in West Texas
- Abernethy, Francis E. Legends of the Trail
- Samarripa, Consuelo L. The Passage of Scotland's Four/El Pasaje de los Cuatro de Escocia
- Simonds, Janet McCannon Gone to (South) Texas
- Pearson, Ellen Fannie Marchman's Journey from Atlanta, Georgia to Jefferson, Texas
- Kelly, James Burton Walter Henry Burton's Ride - Bell County to Juarez, Mexico in 1888
- West, John O. "The Galloping Gourmet; or, The Chuck wagon Cook and His Craft"
- Jameson, W. C. The Language of the Trail Drivers: An Examination of the Origin and Diffusion of an Industry-Oriented Vocabulary
- Hughes, L. Patrick Rail Remembrances: The Train in Folk Memory and Imagination
- Seale, Jan Epton Safe in the Arms of Trainmen
- Oden, Charlie Tales of the Rails
- Gaines, Newton The Ford Epigram
- Davis, Kenneth W. Watch the Fords Go By: The Automobile Comes to Old Bell Country
- Schnitz, Jean Granberry Driving Across Texas at Thirty-Five Miles Per Hour
- Pybas, Barbara High Flyin' Times
- Enix, Lucille Back in the Saddle Again: Riding the Chrome-moly Horse
- Yeager, Paul N. Iron Butt Saddlesore
- Lutz, Gretchen The Unspoken Code of Chivalry Among Drag Racers
- Baker, T. Lindsay Eating Up Route 66: Foodways of Motorists Crossing the Texas Panhandle
- McCormick, Charlie There's Life Beyond the Sonic: Growing Up Cruising
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- Main Title: Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 64
Description
Collection of folklore stories and personal anecdotes that relate to travel in Texas, grouped into broad topics that include historic and modern modes of transportation. Index starts on page 281.
Physical Description
xi, 307 p. : col. ill.
Notes
"Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LXIV."
Publisher description: The adventurous spirit of Texans has led to much travel lore, from stories of how ancestors first came to the state to reflections of how technology has affected the customs, language, and stories of life “on the go.” This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society features articles from beloved storytellers like John O. West, Kenneth W. Davis, and F. E. Abernethy as well as new voices like Janet Simonds. Chapters contain traditional “Gone to Texas” accounts and articles about people or methods of travel from days gone by. Others are dedicated to trains and cars and the lore associated with two-wheeled machines, machines that fly, and machines that scream across the land at dangerous speeds. The volume concludes with articles that consider how we fuel our machines and ourselves, and the rituals we engage in when we’re on our way from here to there.
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- Folklore -- Texas.
- Folklore -- Texas.
- Texas -- Description and travel -- Anecdotes.
- Texas -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
- Travel -- Folklore.
- Travelers' writings, American -- Texas.
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- ISBN: 978-1-57441-238-3
- Library of Congress Control Number: 2007028412
- OCLC: 156891930
- Series Number: 64
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This collection of Texas Folklore Society publications contains a miscellany of Texas and Mexican folklore, including stories about folk medicine and ranch remedies, folk songs, legends and other folklore.
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