2001
Subtitle: A Texas Folklore Odyssey (Publications of the Texas Folklore Society)
Contributors: Francis Edward Abernethy (Editor); Shannon R. Thompson (Editor)
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: October 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781574411409
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Folklore; 21st century; Social life and customs; Texas - Local History; Sociology; Fiction; Literature: Folklore/Mythology; Texas; Folklore & Mythology - Folklore; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology
First sentence: Sporadic visits of door-to-door peddlers in the central Texas of my childhood helped keep alive traditional folk narration, the ancient art of bartering, and prompted memorable folk speech.