From Hell to Breakfast

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains African-American baptizings; adventures of a ballad hunter; Carrie-Dykes, a midwife; Big Sam and De Golden Chariot; tale of the two companions; Mexican Münchausen; some odd Mexican customs; legend of the tengo frío bird; leaves of mesquite grass; dancing makes fun; dancing makes rain; Indian sign on the Spaniard's cattle; ear marks; white Comanches; panther yarns; more about "Hell in Texas"; oil patch talk; Old Newt, the practical joker; moron jokes; the musical snake; the song of the little Llano; the threshing crew; and the low down on Jim Bowie.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Mody C. Boatright (Editore), Donald Day (Editore), J. Frank Dobie (Editore)
• Editore: University Of North Texas Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.04.2000
• EAN: 9781574410990
• ISBN: 978-1-57441-099-0
• Pagine: 224
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 371 g
• Serie: Publications of the Texas Folk; Publications of the Texas Folk
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali