Short call
Subtitle: snippets from the smallest places in Texas
By: Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels
Contributors: Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- editor; Runnels, Scott, illustrator
Series: Texas Folklore Society extra book -- number 24; Texas Folklore Society extra book -- no. 24.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Denton, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781574415735; 9781574415865
Subjects: Small cities; Fiction; Farm life; Women; Social life and customs
Description: Joyce Gibson Roach has collected ?snippets? of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns?and the people who inhabit them. Many of the younger generations leave such towns, finding both place and society crumbling. Those who?ve stayed are finding new and interesting ways to put themselves and their places back together. Both the short and long pieces herein are about the folks who?ve elected to stay generation after generation, knowing that for them wherever they?ve stayed is still the Home Place. The characters? viewpoints are personal, sometimes agreeing with facts found in history books and sometimes not.--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
Table of contents: title: Short call; title: The wayward winds; title: Pickled beets; title: The tower of Babel; title: Friday night lights; title: "A worthy woman is more valuable than rubies"; title: High-toned women; title: Consider the lilies (or roses or daisies) of the field; title: "If there be any virtue, any praise, think on these things"; title: "Will Jesus find us watching?"; title: Cleanliness is next to outhouses; title: It's hip to be square; title: The games people play; title: Primer on poke sallet; title: Recipe for Tex-Mex corn bread; title: Addie's household helpful hints? ask Watkins; title: Some cutting remarks about pocket knives; title: What are friends for?; title: Before dryers there was something called a clothesline; title: Effie and Earley in a weather prediction showdown; title: Hang on to your hat; title: Feeling blue? try apricot cake; title: Livestock journal: pig report; title: "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee"; title: Make a joyful noise; title: Well dressed women always wear aprons; title: School daze; title: School ways; title: Will the circle be unbroken?; title: Long call; title: More than cooks in the kitchen; title: Shopping was an art; title: Recipe for a birthday cake; title: Scriptures, philosophy, and common sense make a sage; title: Mama and the box top Christmas; title: New year's wish; title: A psalm for West Texas; title: Endnotes.