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Join award-winning storyteller Donna Ingham as she recounts 28 of her favorite myths and legends, Texas style.
Table of ContentsTales with a Texas Twist: Original Stories and Enduring Folklore from the Lone Star State Table of Contents Lone Star Storytelling [Introduction] 1. The Myth of Cora Persephone 2. Cupid Was a Mama's Boy 3. The Coming of the Bluebonnet 4. The Ghost at Hornsby's Bend 5. The Legend of El Muerto 6. Lobo Girl of Devil's River 7. The Ghost Light on Bailey's Prairie 8. The Babe of the Alamo 9. Yellow Rose of Texas 10. The White Comanche of the Plains 11. Sam Bass, the Texas Robin Hood 12. The Story Behind the Story 13. Mollie Bailey Was a Spy 14. Arizona Bill 15. Diamond Bill 16. Bigfoot Wallace and the Hickory Nuts 17. The Life and Times of Pecos Bill 18. The Meandering Melon 19. One Turkey-Power 20. The Texan and the Blue Lambs 21. The Texan and the Grass Hut 22. The Story of the Three Bubbas 23. Teeny Tangerine Twirling Rope 24. Pedro y El Diablo 25. The Old Woman and the Robbers 26. Pretty Polly and Mr. Fox 27. Br'er Rabbit's Share Cropping 28. Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Coon, and the Frogs Bibliography
