Call No.: GO 25 (32) Chief's Office

Dobie, J. Frank

Straight Texas / J. Frank Dobie, editor; Mody C. Boatright, associate editor - Hatboro, Pennsylvania : Folklore Associates, 1966. - 348 p. : ill., music ; 23 cm. - Texas Folk-lore Society publications no. 13 .

First published by The Texas Folklore Society in 1937.

Contents: Stories in Texas place names / J. Frank Dobie -- The lobo girl of Devil's River / L. D. Bertillion -- Anecdotes from the Brazos Bottoms / A. W. Eddins -- The adventures of Little Audrey / Cornelia Chambers -- Roy Bean: law west of the Pecos / Myron W. Tracy -- Mexican spooks from El Paso / Charles L. Sonnichsen -- Walk around my bedside / Martha Emmons -- I'se sho' nuff lucky / Aylett Royal -- The human comedy in folk superstitions / Tressa Turner -- Witching for water with the bible / David Hall -- The black cat of Cole's Plantation / Julia Beazley -- Irish fairies in Texas / Louise von Blittersdorf Moses -- Pioneer folk ways / Afton Wynn -- Wise saws from Texas / Mrs Morgan Smith and A. W. Eddins -- Colloquialisms along the Sabine / Trueman E. O'Quinn -- "Old Obidiah" and "My Juanita" / Alice Atkinson Neighbors -- Silver dreams and copper plates / Mae Featherstone -- The Alabama indians and their music / Frances Densmore -- Two tales from the Alabamas / Elma Heard -- How the Alabamas came southward / G. T. Bludworth -- The play party in Victoria County / Helen Ashworth Moore

Acc no.: Item 15637.

Acc no.: 15637 8057