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Short call: snippets from the smallest places in Texas

Joyce Gibson Roach; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt; illustrated by Scott Runnels
Resource Type:
Book (Print/Paper)
Publication:
Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2014
Related Series:
Texas Folklore Society extra book; no. 24

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Table of Contents:
  • Short call
  • The wayward winds
  • Pickled beets
  • The tower of Babel
  • Friday night lights
  • "A worthy woman is more valuable than rubies"
  • High-toned women
  • Consider the lilies (or roses or daisies) of the field
  • "If there be any virtue, any praise, think on these things"
  • "Will Jesus find us watching?"
  • Cleanliness is next to outhouses
  • It's hip to be square
  • The games people play
  • Primer on poke sallet
  • Tex-Mex corn bread
  • Addie's household helpful hints? ask Watkins
  • Some cutting remarks about pocket knives
  • What are friends for?
  • Before dryers there was something called a clothesline
  • Effie and Earley in a weather prediction showdown
  • Hang on to your hat
  • Feeling blue? try apricot cake
  • Livestock journal: pig report
  • "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee"
  • Make a joyful noise
  • Well dressed women always wear aprons
  • School daze
  • School ways
  • Will the circle be unbroken?
  • Long call
  • More than cooks in the kitchen
  • Shopping was an art
  • Recipe for a birthday cake
  • Scriptures, philosophy, and common sense make a sage
  • Mama and the box top Christmas
  • New year's wish
  • A psalm for West Texas
  • Endnotes.
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Author/Creator:
Roach, Joyce Gibson , author
Contributors:
Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- , editor
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Short call: snippets from the smallest places in Texas [by Roach, J.G.]
Related Series:
Texas Folklore Society extra book; no. 24
Subjects:
Small cities — Texas, West — Fiction
Farm life — Texas, West — Fiction
Women — Texas, West — Fiction
Texas, West — Social life and customs — Fiction
Small cities
Farm life
Women
Manners and customs
West Texas
Genres:
Humorous fiction
Western fiction
Fiction
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description:
xvii, 154 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Call Numbers:
PS3618.O257 S55 2014
ISBNs:
9781574415735 (cloth, alk. paper)
1574415735 (cloth, alk. paper)
9781574415865 (ebook) [Invalid]
Library of Congress Control Numbers:
2014032917
OCLC Numbers:
881030098