Download or read book Tales of Old Time Texas written by J. Frank Dobie and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is for good reason that J. Frank Dobie is known as the Southwest's master storyteller. With his eye for color and detail, his ear for the rhythm of language and song, and his heart open to the simple truth of folk wisdom and ways, he movingly and unpretentiously spins the tales of our collective heritages. This he does in Tales of Old-Time Texas, a heartwarming array of twenty-eight stories filled with vivid characters, exciting historical episodes, and traditional themes. As Dobie himself says: "Any tale belongs to whoever can best tell it." Here, then, is a collection of the best Texas tales—by the Texan who can best tell them. Dobie's recollections include such classics in Lone Star State lore as the tale of Jim Bowie's knife, the legend of the Texas bluebonnet, the story of the Wild Woman of the Navidad, and the account of the headless horseman of the mustangs. Other stories in this outstanding collection regale us with odd and interesting characters and events: the stranger of Sabine Pass, the Apache secret of the Guadalupes, the planter who gambled away his bride, and the Robinhooding of Sam Bass. These stories, and many more, make Tales of Old-Time Texas a beloved classic certain to endure for generations.
Download or read book Tales of Old Time Texas written by James Frank Dobie and published by Booksales. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of 28 tales about or taking place in Texas.
Download or read book Texas History Stories written by Elbridge Gerry Littlejohn and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates the stories of thirteen heroes or events in nineteenth-century Texas history, including Cabeza de Vaca, Sam Houston and the Alamo.
Download or read book Tales of Old time Texas written by James Frank Dobie and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I ll Tell You a Tale written by J. Frank Dobie and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects stories that originate from the folklore of the Southwest.
Download or read book There Ain t No Such Animal and Other East Texas Tales written by Bill Brett and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of Old Time Texas written by J. Frank Dobie and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 1955 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Foot Wallace, Jim Bowie, Colonel Abercrombie and others come to the fore in illustrated stories about the Lone Star State
Download or read book Legends of Texas written by James Frank Dobie and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V2 : Pirates' Gold and Other Tales.
Download or read book Tales from the Texas Woods written by Michael Moorcock and published by M O J O Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the many worlds of the man that the London Times called "a myth-maker" through a uniquely Western Slant.
Download or read book The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore 1916 1954 written by Texas Folklore Society and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A representative anthology of Texas folklore from the first half of the twentieth century, including legends, ghost stories, songs, proverbs, and other writings.
Download or read book THE STORY OF TEXAS UNDER SIX FLAGS written by M.E.M. DAVIS and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE LEGENDS OF TEXAS written by J. Frank Dobie and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995-08-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's treasure buried beneath Texas soil or stowed in caves covered over by stones. It might be the mother lode that's waiting to be uncovered or some Spanish pirate's chest of jewels and doubloons. Nearby a ghostly figure walks the dunes, or is it just an illusion brought on by the approaching dust storm? In this new mass market edition, J. Frank Dobie has collected accounts of some of the best known tales of booty hidden in Texas hill and dale as well as some eerie stories and the origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. You will learn about "The Enchanted Rock in Llano County," "Lafitte's Treasure Vault," and "The Holy Spring of Father Margil at Nacogdoches." These lively stories reveal the love for adventure, independence, and mystery that has made Texas the state it is. And just as Dobie hoped, with these tales readers from all over can see the "richness of their own traditions." Dobie believed that worthwhile literature about this region had to be derived from an understanding of its life, lore, and history. Legends of Texas indirectly led to the founding of the Texas Folklore Society, the nation's second oldest folklore organization.
Download or read book Waylon County written by Heath Dollar and published by Sleeping Panther Press. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether they left home as fast as they could or would never dream of leaving, this collection is about the folks from Waylon County in the heart of the Texas Hill Country. A nine-time bride is faced with a law stopping her from marrying again. A military contractor, fresh from Afghanistan, enters the Wailin¿ Biscuit Café with a comfort monkey on his back, and a bookman descended from Spanish explorers discovers an incredible treasure. Waylon County is Texas itself. It is a place of fable, satire, and the slow drawl of truth.
Download or read book Texas Alphabet written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remember the Alamo! That's what we'll say To get our state alphabet book underway... Thus begins Texas Alphabet -- a whimsical celebration of what makes Texas such a special state...from A to Z! Through rhymed verse and colorful collages, author and illustrator Laurie Parker presents a delightful alphabetical account of some of the many people, places, and things of which Texans are so proud. Both children and adults will enjoy exploring the state letter by letter through fun-to-read rhymes such as this one for the letter C: C is for COWBOYS on gridiron and saddle,COTTON BOWL, CACTUS, COYOTES, and CATTLE.A tribe called the CADDO gave our state its name,And there are more C words we Texans can claim...Like CADILLAC RANCH, CORPUS CHRISTI, CORRAL,The old CHISHOLM TRAIL and CAMINO REAL.We've CAVERNS and CANYONS and lovely CLEAR LAKE.The CHISOS and CHILI and CHICKEN-FRIED STEAK! Texas Alphabet is a must-have keepsake for all who hold the Lone Star State dear!
Download or read book Reminiscences of Fifty Years in Texas written by John Joseph Linn and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book THE LEGENDS OF TEXAS written by Ann B. Dobie and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 1992-02-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas abounds with legends of buried treasure and lost mines. The Big Bend country, the Red River region, McMullen County, San Jacinto, Nacogdoches, and San Augustine are all treasure troves of tales of fabulous wealth that still lies just beyond man's reach. These legends are as sizable as the state itself, and J. Frank Dobie, perhaps Texas' greatest historian, devoted years of his life to collecting and cataloging them. The stories in this first volume were originally published in 1924 by the Texas Folklore Society, and represent some of the enduring tales that have embellished the history of the state. Pelican Publishing Company is proud to present this wonderful collection in mass-market paperback form as part of our Pelican Pouch series. Included in this volume are "The Legend of San Saba," "Lost Gold of the Llano Country," "Treasure Chest on the Nueces," and "Lost Mine Near Sabinal," to name only a few. Dobie believed that worthwhile literature about this region had to be derived from an understanding of its life, lore, and history. The legends in this work, as well as those in volume II of this series, were regarded by Dobie as "the most influential in opening the eyes of people to the richness of their own traditions." Legends of Texas indirectly led to the founding of the Texas Folklore Society, the nation's second oldest folklore organization. Pelican has had Legends of Texas Vol. I: Lost Mines and Buried Treasure in print since 1975.
Download or read book Big Wonderful Thing written by Stephen Harrigan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Texas is the story of struggle and triumph in a land of extremes. It is a story of drought and flood, invasion and war, boom and bust, and of the myriad peoples who, over centuries of conflict, gave rise to a place that has helped shape the identity of the United States and the destiny of the world. “I couldn’t believe Texas was real,” the painter Georgia O’Keeffe remembered of her first encounter with the Lone Star State. It was, for her, “the same big wonderful thing that oceans and the highest mountains are.” Big Wonderful Thing invites us to walk in the footsteps of ancient as well as modern people along the path of Texas’s evolution. Blending action and atmosphere with impeccable research, New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harrigan brings to life with novelistic immediacy the generations of driven men and women who shaped Texas, including Spanish explorers, American filibusters, Comanche warriors, wildcatters, Tejano activists, and spellbinding artists—all of them taking their part in the creation of a place that became not just a nation, not just a state, but an indelible idea. Written in fast-paced prose, rich with personal observation and a passionate sense of place, Big Wonderful Thing calls to mind the literary spirit of Robert Hughes writing about Australia or Shelby Foote about the Civil War. Like those volumes it is a big book about a big subject, a book that dares to tell the whole glorious, gruesome, epically sprawling story of Texas.
