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1941: Texas Goes to War
Edited by James Ward Lee
Edited by James Ward Lee
2001: A Texas Folklore Odyssey
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
And Horns on the Toads
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
An Artist at War: The Journal of John Gaitha Browning John Gaitha Browning
Edited by Oleta Stewart Toliver
Edited by Oleta Stewart Toliver
Aunt Puss and Others: Old Days in the Piney Woods Emma Wilson Emery
Backwoods to Border
Edited by Mody C. Boatright and Donald Day
Edited by Mody C. Boatright and Donald Day
The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore, 1916-1954
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Between the Cracks of History: Essays on Teaching and Illustrating Folklore
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
A Book Lover in Texas Evelyn Oppenheimer
Both Sides of the Border: A Scattering of Texas Folklore
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
The Bounty of Texas
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Built in Texas
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Charreada: Mexican Rodeo in Texas Al Rendon
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Coffee in the Gourd
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Corners of Texas
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Coyote Wisdom
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Diamond Bessie & The Shepherds
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
The Family Saga: A Collection of Texas Family Legends
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Jerry Bryan Lincecum, and Frances B. Vick
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Jerry Bryan Lincecum, and Frances B. Vick
Folk Art in Texas
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Folk Travelers: Ballads, Tales, and Talk
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Folklore in Motion: Texas Travel Lore Kenneth L. Untiedt
The Folklore of Texan Cultures Francis Edward Abernethy
Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do
Edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Follow de Drinkin' Gou'd
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Fresh Ink: Behind the Scenes of a Major Metropolitan Newspaper David Gelsanliter
From Hell to Breakfast
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston Patricia Smith Prather and Jane Clements Monday
German Pioneers on the American Frontier: The Wagners in Texas and Illinois Andreas Reichstein
Gib Morgan: Minstrel of the Oil Fields
Edited by Mody C. Boatright and J. Frank Dobie
Edited by Mody C. Boatright and J. Frank Dobie
Gideon Lincecum's Sword: Civil War Letters from the Texas Home Front
Edited by Jerry Bryan Lincecum, Edward Hake Phillips, and Peggy A. Redshaw
Edited by Jerry Bryan Lincecum, Edward Hake Phillips, and Peggy A. Redshaw
The Golden Log
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
A Good Tale and a Bonnie Tune
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
A Guide to Sources of Texas Criminal Justice Statistics R. Scott Harnsberger
Happy Hunting Ground
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Hecho en Tejas: Texas-Mexican Folk Arts and Crafts
Edited by Joe S. Graham
Edited by Joe S. Graham
Hoein' the Short Rows
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Hunters & Healers: Folklore Types & Topics
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
In the Line of Duty: Reflections of a Texas Ranger Private Lewis C. Rigler and Judyth W. Rigler
In the Shadow of History
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Inside the Classroom (and Out): How We Learn through Folklore
Edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt
Juneteenth Texas: Essays in African-American Folklore
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Alan B. Govenar, and Patrick B. Mullen
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy, Alan B. Govenar, and Patrick B. Mullen
Legendary Ladies of Texas
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Legends of Texas
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
The LH7 Ranch in Houston's Shadow: The E. H. Marks' Legacy from Longhorns to the Salt Grass Trail Deborah Lightfoot Sizemore
Madstones and Twisters
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Mesquite and Willow
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Mexican Border Ballads and Other Lore Mody C. Boatright
Mustangs and Cow Horses
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
My Remembers: A Black Sharecropper's Recollections of the Depression Eddie Stimpson, Jr.
Observations and Reflections on Texas Folklore Francis Edward Abernethy
Paisanos: A Folklore Miscellany
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Puro Mexicano: Lore and Legends from South of the Border
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Rainbow in the Morning
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture Holly Everett
The Roots of Latino Urban Agency
Edited by Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales
Edited by Sharon A. Navarro and Rodolfo Rosales
Round the Levee
Edited by Stith Thompson
Edited by Stith Thompson
The Roy Bedichek Family Letters
Edited by Jane Gracy Bedichek
Edited by Jane Gracy Bedichek
Saving the Big Thicket: From Exploration to Preservation, 1685-2003 James J. Cozine, Jr.
Singers and Storytellers
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Mody C. Boatright, Wilson M. Hudson, and Allen Maxwell
Singin' Texas Francis Edward Abernethy
The Sky is My Tipi
Edited by Mody C. Boatright
Edited by Mody C. Boatright
Some Still Do: Essays on Texas Customs
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Sonovagun Stew: A Folklore Miscellany
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Southwestern Lore
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Spur-of-the-Cock
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Star of Destiny: The Private Life of Sam and Margaret Houston Madge Thornall Roberts
Straight Texas
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
The Sunny Slopes of Long Ago
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson and Allen Maxwell
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson and Allen Maxwell
"Surrounded by Dangers of all Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley
Edited by James M. McCaffrey
Edited by James M. McCaffrey
T for Texas: a State Full of Folklore
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Texas and Southwestern Lore
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Texas Folk Songs William A. Owens
The Texas Folklore Society, 1909-1943: Volume I Francis Edward Abernethy
The Texas Folklore Society, 1943-1971: Volume II Francis Edward Abernethy
The Texas Folklore Society, 1971-2000: Volume III Francis Edward Abernethy
Texas Toys and Games
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Texian Stomping Grounds
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Edited by J. Frank Dobie, Mody C. Boatright, and Harry H. Ransom
Tire Shrinker to Dragster
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Edited by Wilson M. Hudson
Tone the Bell Easy
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Edited by J. Frank Dobie
Voyage to North America, 1844-45: Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels's Texas Diary of People, Places, and Events
Edited by Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski
Edited by Wolfram M. Von-Maszewski
What's Going On? (In Modern Texas Folklore)
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
Edited by Francis Edward Abernethy
WPA Dallas Guide and History Dallas Unit of the Texas Writers' Project