Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore
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Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
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284 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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Abernethy, Francis Edward 1997.
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- Roach, Joyce Defining Folklore for My Students
- Harris, Jim Folklore and Cinema
- Graham, Joe S. Toward a Definition of Folk Culture
- Roush, Jan Folklore Fieldwork on the Internet: Some Ethical and Practical Considerations
- Rushing, Rhett Beginning Within: Teaching Folklore the Easy Way
- Bridges, Phyllis The Honored Dead: The Ritual of Police Burial
- Davis, Kenneth W. Meaner Than Hell!
- Untiedt, Ken Gang Graffiti
- Goertzen, Chris Gideon Lincecum, "Killie Krankie," and Fiddling in Early Texas
- Dearen, Patrick The Bluebird Mare from Sterling City
- Duncan, Robert J. The Night the Stars Fell
- Oden, Charlie Rail Tales: Some are True
- Read, Dennis Dance Halls of East Texas: From Oral History
- Nieman, Bobby Dance Halls of East Texas: From Oral History
- Winfrey, James The Oil Field Camp
- Turner, Allan Noises in the Attic: Adventures of Some Texas Ghosts
- Stewart, Richard Noises in the Attic: Adventures of Some Texas Ghosts
- Lightfoot, John Repo Man
- Cornell, Rebecca Tex-Mex Dialect or Gidget Goes to Acuna
- Linck, Ernestine Sewell Punching Sticks, Flannel Wrapped Bricks, and Pink Powder Purgatives: Spring Rituals
- Pinkerton, J. G. When Harley Sadler's Tent Show Came to Town
- Lee, James Ward Eating Over the Sink and Other Marital Strategies
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University of North Texas Press
Place of Publication: Denton, Texas
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- Main Title: Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore
- Added Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society, Number 55
- Series Title: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
Description
Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
Physical Description
284 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
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"Publications of the Texas Folklore Society LV."
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- OCLC: 45732527
- UNT Catalog No.: b2049689 | View in Discover
- Accession or Local Control No: Publication Number 55
- ISBN: 1574410369
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc38308
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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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Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore (Book)
Volume of twenty-one essays about folklore in Texas, including essays about police burials, railroads, graffiti, folk music, dance halls, and other folklore. The index begins on page 279.
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- 1997
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- European Explorers in Texas, 1519-1689
- Spanish Texas, 1690-1821
- Mexican Texas, 1821-1835
- The Texas Revolution, 1835-1836
- The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846
- Annexation, 1844-1846
- The Texas Frontier, 1846-1861
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876
- New South, Populism, Progressivism, and the Great Depression, 1877-1939
- Into Modern Times, 1939-Present
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- United States - Texas - Brazoria County - Brazoria
- United States - Texas - Bowie County
- United States - Texas - Nacogdoches County - Nacogdoches
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Abernethy, Francis Edward. Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore, book, 1997; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38308/: accessed April 21, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.