TY - BOOK AU - Dobie,J.Frank AU - Boatright,Mody C. AU - Ransom,Harry Huntt TI - In the shadow of history T2 - Texas Folk-lore Society Publications U1 - 398.09764 PY - 1966/// CY - Hatboro, Pa. PB - Folklore Associates KW - United States KW - Texas KW - Folklore KW - Folktales KW - Legends N1 - Reprint of book originally published in 1939 by The Texas Folklore Society; Bibliographical footnotes; 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 ER -