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Call No.: GO 25 (32)

Dobie, J. Frank

In the shadow of history / J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright [and] Harry H. Ransom, editors. - Hatboro, Pa., Folklore Associates, 1966. - iii, 186 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Texas Folk-lore Society Publications; no. 15 .

Reprint of book originally published in 1939 by The Texas Folklore Society

Bibliographical footnotes.

Contents: Folk-lore and tradition in a growing society / Radoslav A. Tsanoff -- Rose and his story of the Alamo -- Inventing stories about the Alamo / W. P. Zuber to Charlie Jeffries -- How Jim Bowie died / Edward G. Rohrbough -- Anecdotes as sidelights to Texas history / Marcelle Lively Hamer -- There's a geography of humorous anecdotes / Charles F. Arrowood -- Folk characters of the sheep industry / Winifred Kupper -- The ghost sheep dog / Merrill Bishop -- The pastor and the serpent / Dan Storm -- The Mexican folk version of King Midas / W. A. Whatley -- Tortilla making / Ruth Dodson -- Navajo sketches / Yanh-na-bah -- The roadrunner in fact and folk-lore / J. Frank Dobie

Acc no.: 8065

Acc no.: 8065