Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore Page: VI
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III. The Modern Era: Tales of Rails and Highways
L. Patrick Hughes
"Rail Remembrances: The Train in Folk Memory and Imagination" 149
Jan Epton Seale
"Safe in the Arms of Trainmen" 159
Charlie Oden
"Tales of the Rails" 165
Newton Gaines
"The Ford Epigram" 175
Kenneth W. Davis
"Watch the Fords Go By: The Automobile Comes to Old Bell County" 183
Jean Granberry Schnitz
"Driving Across Texas at Thirty -Five Miles Per Hour" 193
IV. Still Movin' On, Any Way They Can
Barbara Pybas
"High Flyin' Times" 205
Lucille Enix
"Back in the Saddle Again: Riding the Chrome-moly Horse" 219
Paul N. Yeager
"Iron Butt Saddlesore" 227
Gretchen Lutz
"The Unspoken Code of Chivalry Among Drag Racers" 245
T. Lindsay Baker
"Eating Up Route 66: Foodways of Motorists Crossing the Texas Panhandle" 253
Charlie McCormick
"There's Life Beyond the Sonic: Growing Up Cruising" 267
Contributors' Vitas 273
Index 281
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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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Untiedt, Kenneth L. Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore, book, December 15, 2007; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc271474/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.