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Bezig met laden... Legends of Texas, Volume I: Lost Mines and Buried Treasure (1924)door J. Frank Dobie
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A decent enough recapitulation of various “buried treasure” and mine legends from around the state of Texas. Such stories don’t really interest me, so I was mostly bored, though some managed to almost be told like a ghost story, which was somewhat gripping. Introduced and edited (and commented) by legendary Texas writer J. Frank Dobie, who was noted for his liberalism and progressivism on so much, especially on racial issues, it was jarring to read the casual racism doled out about Mexican Texans and Black Texans, by both the contributors and Dobie himself. This edition is a reprint by a small outfit from Louisiana, and there are numerous typos and odd formatting, and cross-references to page numbers are unchanged from the original 1920s edition of this volume, which is sadly laughable. Still, a decent account of some Texas folklore. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Legends of Texas (Volume 1)
The legends of Texas are as sizable as the state itself, and J. Frank Dobie, perhaps the west's greatest historian, devoted years of his life to collecting and cataloging them. Texas abounds with legends of buried treasure and lost mines. The Big Bend country, the Red River region, McMullen County, San Jacinto, Nacogdoches, and San Augustine are all treasure troves of tales of fabulous wealth that still lies just beyond man's reach. The stories in this first volume were originally published in 1924 by the Texas Folklore Society, and represent some of the enduring tales that have embellished the history of the state. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)398.209764Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography North American folktales South Central U.S. TexasLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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