Texas Ghost Stories
Fifty Favorites for the Telling
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Author
Contributions
- John O. West (Introduction) - Contributor
- John L. Davis (Introduction) - Contributor
Publication
2004-07-01 - Texas Tech University Press
Language
English
Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8255385M
- ISBN-139780896725195
- ISBN-100896725197
- OCLC Control Number55804328
- OCLC Control Numbertexasghoststorie00ting
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004002605
- Goodreads1423132
- LibraryThing26035
Classifications
- LCCBF1472.U6 T56 2004
Description
"Introduced by John O. West and John L. Davis, two of Texas's most respected folklorists, these fifty stories include tales adapted by European settlers to their new southwestern settings, more historically rooted legends about such early pioneers as Britt Bailey of the Gulf Coast prairie and Josiah Wilbarger of Austin, and those notorious contemporary cautionary tales known as urban legends." "With two appendixes addressing selection, learning, and telling of stories as well as sources and scholarship, Texas Ghost Stories is a compendium for tellers, teachers, readers, and collectors. Celebrating both the blending and the diversity of Texan cultures through the timeless stories we love to be scared by, it is a treasury for all Texans and for those who really want to know us."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
STORYTELLING, without a doubt, is the world's oldest and finest entertainment.
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