Observations & Reflections on Texas Folklore

A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, consisting of fourteen essays on Texas folklore and folk life. Beliefs and customs, riddles and proverbs, songs and stories: the breadth of Texas folklore is well illustrated by the best of Texas's folklorists.

About the author

FRANCIS EDWARD ABERNETHY was Regents Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, the executive secretary and editor of the Texas Folklore Society, the curator of exhibits for the East Texas Historical Association, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. In addition to editing twenty-one Texas Folklore Society publications, he wrote Singin' Texas, Legends of Texas' Heroic Age, and all three volumes of the Texas Folklore Society history, published by the University of North Texas Press.

Summary

A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, consisting of fourteen essays on Texas folklore and folk life. Beliefs and customs, riddles and proverbs, songs and stories: the breadth of Texas folklore is well illustrated by the best of Texas s folklorists. "

Product details

• Authors: Francis Edward Abernethy
• Assisted by: James R. Snyder (Illustration)
• Publisher: University Of North Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2000
• EAN: 9781574411003
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-100-3
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 248 g
• Series: Publications of the Texas Folk; Publications of the Texas Folk
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)