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The Way I Heard It: Tales of the Big Bend

The Way I Heard It: Tales of the Big Bend - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Walter Fulcher, Elton Miles (Editor)Publish date:1959-01-01Pages:113
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292790278ISBN-10:292790279UPC:9780292790278Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC78YX9423

The folklore of Texas' Big Bend region was still in the making during Walter Fulcher's lifetime. Born in Lampasas County in 1887, he worked on the Martin Ranch near Sheffield when a young man. There he witnessed events in the last outlaw activities of the Black Jack Ketchum gang.

He also listened to legends told almost as gossip, and some of the legendary figures were still alive--or said to be alive, usually in hiding. In every village there was sure to be some ancient with a good memory and a better imagination, and Walter Fulcher heard many versions of many tales. He has set them down as he heard them, as simple folk tales that reflect the color of a wild and vivid country in 400 years of its settlement.

The book has been edited, with introduction and notes, by Elton Miles, Professor of English at Sul Ross State College.


Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9780292790278ISBN-10:292790279UPC:9780292790278Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.34 inchesWeight:0.4299Product ID:SC78YX9423
Publisher: University of Texas Press

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