Happy Hunting Ground
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Description
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society is a miscellany of Texas and Southwestern folklore collected and written by ten folklorists in 1925. Included are articles on Mexican popular ballad; Spanish songs of New Mexico; versos of the Texas vaqueros; reptile myths; the cowboy dance of the northwest; superstitions of the Northern Seas; oil field diction; folk tales of the Chibcha nation; the human hand in primitive art; and Indian pictographs near Lange's Mill. It also includes "When the Woods Were Burnt," by L. W. Payne Jr., the first pamphlet of the Texas Folklore Society.
Product Details
Price
$18.65
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Publish Date
April 01, 2000
Pages
172
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.02 X 0.48 inches | 0.55 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781574410945
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J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964) was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas. In 1922, he became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society and held the post for 21 years.