Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts : legends and lore in Texas /
Cowboys, cops, killers, and ghosts : legends and lore in Texas /
edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt.
- First edition.
- Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2013]
- 1 online resource (ix, 306 pages) : illustrations
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; LXIX .
- Publications of the Texas Folklore Society ; no. 69. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the job: legends and language in occupational lore. Recalling a Texas legend: Samuel Thomas 'Booger Red' Privett / Jerry Young -- The legacy of Bill Pickett, the Dusky Demon / Courtney Elliott -- Day work cowboys in the Depression era / Len Ainsworth -- Red Overton, Somervell County cedar chopper / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan -- Folklore of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin: myths, truths, and half-truths / Chuck Parsons -- Houston cop talk / Scott Hill Bumgardner -- Jury selection the old-fashioned way / Jerry B. Lincecum -- A sampling of Texas cultures: from bikers to Knanaya Catholics to Tejana culture: The Texas biker sub-culture and the ride of my life / Veronica Pozo -- Texas Knanaya Catholics and their wedding customs / Jenson Erapuram -- Hemphill: revisiting small-town Texas / Sue M. Friday -- Musica Tejana recording pioneers / Alex LaRotta -- "But, Miss, my family doesn't have a saga!" / Lucy Fischer-West -- Urban legends, ghost stories and towns, and searching for lost treasure. Living an urban legend: Galveston ball in the early 1970s / Gretchen Kay Lutz -- The truth versus the legend of the Interstate 45 Serial Killer / Marissa Gardner -- Ghost towns of the Big Thicket / Francis Edward Abernethy -- The ghost lights of Marfa / Stephanie Mateum -- Beyond Texas folklore: the Woman in Blue / Jennifer Curtis -- "There's gold in them there hills; or, silver at least" / Lee Haile -- Ben Sublett's gold / Winston Sosebee -- "Just for fun" lore. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty: fishing with Bubba / L. Patrick Hughes -- Texas Country churches / Pat Parsons -- Texas weddings: rattles on the garter and 'barb' wire in the flowers / Mildred B. Sentell -- Sally and Chance: an unusual love story / Sheila Morris -- They're still singin' and sayin' on the range: cowboy culture enters the 21st century / Charles Williams -- Contributors' vitas -- Index.
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone: articles on cowboys, a famous outlaw, how to discover your family culture, weddings, and how to fish.
9781574415445 (electronic bk.) 1574415441 (electronic bk.) 1574415328 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9781574415322 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Legends--Mexican-American Border Region.
Legends--Texas.
Légendes--Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Légendes--Texas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Legends.
Manners and customs.
Texas--Social life and customs.
Texas--History--Anecdotes.
Texas--Biography--Anecdotes.
Texas--Mœurs et coutumes.
Texas--Biographies--Anecdotes.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
History.
GR110.T5 / C68 2013
398.209764
Includes bibliographical references and index.
On the job: legends and language in occupational lore. Recalling a Texas legend: Samuel Thomas 'Booger Red' Privett / Jerry Young -- The legacy of Bill Pickett, the Dusky Demon / Courtney Elliott -- Day work cowboys in the Depression era / Len Ainsworth -- Red Overton, Somervell County cedar chopper / Robert J. (Jack) Duncan -- Folklore of gunfighter John Wesley Hardin: myths, truths, and half-truths / Chuck Parsons -- Houston cop talk / Scott Hill Bumgardner -- Jury selection the old-fashioned way / Jerry B. Lincecum -- A sampling of Texas cultures: from bikers to Knanaya Catholics to Tejana culture: The Texas biker sub-culture and the ride of my life / Veronica Pozo -- Texas Knanaya Catholics and their wedding customs / Jenson Erapuram -- Hemphill: revisiting small-town Texas / Sue M. Friday -- Musica Tejana recording pioneers / Alex LaRotta -- "But, Miss, my family doesn't have a saga!" / Lucy Fischer-West -- Urban legends, ghost stories and towns, and searching for lost treasure. Living an urban legend: Galveston ball in the early 1970s / Gretchen Kay Lutz -- The truth versus the legend of the Interstate 45 Serial Killer / Marissa Gardner -- Ghost towns of the Big Thicket / Francis Edward Abernethy -- The ghost lights of Marfa / Stephanie Mateum -- Beyond Texas folklore: the Woman in Blue / Jennifer Curtis -- "There's gold in them there hills; or, silver at least" / Lee Haile -- Ben Sublett's gold / Winston Sosebee -- "Just for fun" lore. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty: fishing with Bubba / L. Patrick Hughes -- Texas Country churches / Pat Parsons -- Texas weddings: rattles on the garter and 'barb' wire in the flowers / Mildred B. Sentell -- Sally and Chance: an unusual love story / Sheila Morris -- They're still singin' and sayin' on the range: cowboy culture enters the 21st century / Charles Williams -- Contributors' vitas -- Index.
This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has something for everyone: articles on cowboys, a famous outlaw, how to discover your family culture, weddings, and how to fish.
9781574415445 (electronic bk.) 1574415441 (electronic bk.) 1574415328 (cloth ; alk. paper) 9781574415322 (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper)
Legends--Mexican-American Border Region.
Legends--Texas.
Légendes--Région frontalière mexicano-américaine.
Légendes--Texas.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Folklore & Mythology.
Legends.
Manners and customs.
Texas--Social life and customs.
Texas--History--Anecdotes.
Texas--Biography--Anecdotes.
Texas--Mœurs et coutumes.
Texas--Biographies--Anecdotes.
North America--Mexican-American Border Region.
Texas.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Anecdotes.
History.
GR110.T5 / C68 2013
398.209764