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Tales with a Texas Twist: Original Stories And Enduring Folklore From The Lone Star State
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ISBN10: 0762738995
ISBN13: 9780762738991
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: Oct 1 2005
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.39 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780762738991
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
Published: Oct 1 2005
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.39 Depth: 7.94
Language: English
Storytelling is both an art form and a means of passing on significant elements of a culture--the history, the traditions, the humor, the pathos. It is a way of entertaining and being entertained. With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as:
>The Coming of the Bluebonnet--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flower
>The Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove
>The Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero
>Diamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War
>Cupid Was a Mama's Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth
>And much more!
>The Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove
>The Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero
>Diamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War
>Cupid Was a Mama's Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth
>And much more!
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