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Tales with a Texas Twist Original Stories and Enduring Folklore from the Lone Star State

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ISBN-10: 0762738995

ISBN-13: 9780762738991

Edition: 2005

Authors: Donna Ingham, Paul G. Hoffman

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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…    
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List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 10/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

TexanDonna Inghamis a professional storyteller who performs and leads workshops across her home state of Texas. Ingham's repertoire includes original stories and tales based on history, folklore, and outrageous lies. She has five audio recordings and is listed as a Texas Touring Artist by the Texas Commission on the Arts and a Heartland Arts Fund Regional Artist through the Mid-America Arts Alliance. Ingham lives in Spicewood, Texas, with her husband, Jerry, and has one son, Christopher.

William Forgey, MD,is the author of fourteen wilderness medicine and camping books, includingBasic Essentials Wilderness First Aid(FalconGuides). A full-time family medicine practitioner, he is also a fellow of the Explorers Club, a university lecturer on medical care in high-risk recreation, a leader of expeditions into northern Canada, and a former Boy Scout scoutmaster and Medical Explorer Post and High Adventure Post advisor. He lives in Indiana.   Paul Hoffman’swork graces books of many genres—children’s titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. His fabulous illustrations can also be found in Globe Pequot…    

Lone Star Storytelling
The Myth of Cora Persephone
Cupid Was a Mama's Boy
The Coming of the Bluebonnet
The Ghost at Hornsby's Bend
The Legend of El Muerto
The Lobo-Girl of Devil's River
The Ghost Light on Bailey's Prairie
The Babe of the Alamo
The Yellow Rose of Texas
The White Comanche of the Plains
Sam Bass, the Texas Robin Hood
The Story Behind the Story
Mollie Bailey Was a Spy
Arizona Bill
Diamond Bill
Bigfoot Wallace and the Hickory Nuts
The Life and Times of Pecos Bill
The Meandering Melon
One Turkey-Power
The Texan and the Blue Lambs
The Texan and the Grass Hut
The Three Bubbas
Teeny Tangerine Twirling Rope
Pedro y El Diablo
The Old Woman and the Robbers
Pretty Polly and Mr. Fox
Br'er Rabbit's Sharecropping
Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Coon, and the Frogs
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