02115cam a2200325 i 4500 246080054 TxAuBib 20151103120000.0 840424m19551984||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780292780699 0292780699 TxAuBib rda Dobie, J. Frank, 1888-1964, ((James Frank),.) Tales of old-time Texas / J. Frank Dobie ; illustrated by Barbara Latham. Austin : University of Texas Press, [1955-1984] xii, 336 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index. Corn dodgers and San Jacinto corn -- The wild woman of the Navidad -- The dream that saved Wilbarger -- Bigfoot Wallace and the hickory nuts -- Jim Bowie's knife -- The robinhooding of Sam Bass -- Northers, drouths, and sandstorms -- Frozen inside a buffalo hide -- The cold-nosed hounds -- Honey in the rock -- The Texas bluebonnet -- The headless horseman of the mustangs -- A ranch on the Nueces -- Desperate rides -- The planter who gambled away his bride -- The panther's scream -- Bears are intelligent people -- Old Bill, Confederate ally -- Colonel Abercrombie's mole -- The green powder keg -- In a drouth crack -- The stranger of Sabine Pass -- Longworth's vicey-versey map -- Guarded by rattlesnakes -- The Apache secret of the Guadalupes -- O. Henry's treasure hunt -- Where did Sam McFarland cross the Colorado? -- The Mescla man -- Notes and credits -- Index. Collection of twenty-eight stories from Texas lore including the tale of Jim Bowie's knife, the account of the headless horseman of the mustangs, and the legend of the Texas bluebonnet. 20151103. Perfect binding. Folklore Texas. Legends Texas. Tales Texas. University of Texas Press. BSBPL