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Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a des décennies sous le titre " Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations . Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour leurs lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par la préservation du patrimoine littéraire du passé. Nous avons traduit ce livre en français afin que les générations présentes et futures puissent le lire et le...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enou...

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Excerpt from Southwestern Lore The surface 15 generally rough and hilly, affording excellent grass lands. The southwestern portion, more level, with0 a light loamy soil is better suited for tillage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to ...

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This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society has been the standard work on the subject. Included are fascinating folk narratives of buried treasure and lost mines, legends of the supernatural, legends of lovers, pirates and pirate treasure in legend, legendary origins of Texas flowers, names, and streams. Over one hundred legends are included as they were recorded by more than twenty-five folklore collectors from every part of Texas.

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society includes the play-party in Oklahoma, folklore of Texas birds, tall tales for the tenderfeet, fishback yarns from the Sulphurs, Cajun stories of Bolivar's Peninsula, Paul Bunyan, pioneer folk tales, folk anecdotes, the Texas pecan, African-American folk songs of Texas, old Nacogdoches, ghosts of Lake Jackson, how the polecat got his scent, characteristics of cowboy songs, ballads and songs of the f...

This Texas Folklore Society Publication is divided into two volumes of rich, Texan folklore. The first volume contains eight folk tales, varying from "Lore of the Llano Estacado" to "Myths of the Tejas Indians." The second volume centers around the cowboy way of life and cowboy songs, such as "Songs the Cowboys Sing" and "Song of the Open Range.

J. Frank Dobie's history of the "mustang"--from the Spanish "mestena, " an animal belonging to (but strayed from) the Mesta, a medieval association of Spanish farmers--tells of its impact on the Spanish, English, and Native cultures of the West.

The cream of a large collection of Mexican lore has been accumulated over many years, partly through contributions by lovers of the "gente" all over the Southwest and partly through editor J. Frank Dobie's ramblings in northern Mexico. Tales make up the largest category, however, more realistic are the accounts of Mexican customs and sayings. Another type of popular expression is the "corrido, " or ballad, and the tall tale is well represented...

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society contains a Texas version of "The Frog's Courting", a Texas border ballad, folklore of reptiles of the South and Southwest, sayings of old time Texans, episodes at ranch community dances, pioneer Christmas customs of Tarrant County, superstitions of Bexar County, buffalo lore and boudin blanc, old time plantation melodies, the African-American as interpreter of his own folk songs, and South Texas A...

Excerpt from Southwestern Lore The surface 15 generally rough and hilly, affording excellent grass lands. The southwestern portion, more level, with0 a light loamy soil is better suited for tillage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to ...

This Publication of the Texas Folklore Society is a miscellany of Texas and Southwestern folklore collected and written by ten folklorists in 1925. Included are articles on Mexican popular ballad, Spanish songs of New Mexico, versos of the Texas vaqueros, reptile myths, the cowboy dance of the northwest, superstitions of the Northern Seas, oil field diction, folk tales of the Chibcha nation, the human hand in primitive art, and Indian pictogra...