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- Short Call: Snippets from the Smallest Places in Texas, 1935-2000
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: University of North Texas Press
- Series: Texas Folklore Society Extra Book
summary
The Texas Folklore Society has been publishing a regular volume of folklore research (our PTFS series) for the past several decades. Most of these books are what we call miscellanies, compilations of the works of multiple folklorists, and they feature articles on many types of lore. We've also published over twenty "Extra Books," which are single-author manuscripts that examine a more focused topic. Short Call: Snippets from the Smallest Places in Texas, 1935-2000 by Joyce Gibson Roach, is TFS Extra Book #24. Joyce Gibson Roach has collected "snippets" of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns--and the people who inhabit them. Many of the younger generations leave such towns, finding both place and society crumbling. Those who've stayed are finding new and interesting ways to put themselves and their places back together. Both the short and long pieces herein are about the folks who've elected to stay generation after generation, knowing that for them wherever they’ve stayed is still the Home Place. The characters' viewpoints are personal, sometimes agreeing with facts found in history books and sometimes not.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. xi-xvi
- Dedication
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Section 1: Short Call
- The Wayward Winds
- pp. 3-6
- Pickled Beets
- pp. 7-8
- The Tower of Babel
- pp. 9-14
- Friday Night Lights
- pp. 15-20
- High-Toned Women
- pp. 25-28
- “Will Jesus Find Us Watching?”
- pp. 36-40
- It’s Hip to be Square
- pp. 44-48
- The Games People Play
- pp. 49-51
- Primer on Poke Sallet
- pp. 52-55
- Tex-Mex Corn Bread
- pp. 56-57
- What Are Friends For?
- pp. 65-66
- Hang On to Your Hat
- pp. 73-74
- Feeling Blue? Try Apricot Cake
- pp. 75-77
- Livestock Journal: Pig Report
- pp. 78-82
- Make a Joyful Noise
- pp. 89-91
- School Daze
- pp. 97-100
- School Ways
- pp. 101-104
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
- pp. 105-108
- Section 2: Long Call
- More than Cooks in the Kitchen
- pp. 110-112
- Shopping Was an Art
- pp. 113-115
- Recipe for a Birthday Cake
- pp. 116-123
- Mama and the Box Top Christmas
- pp. 129-134
- New Year’s Wish
- pp. 135-137
- A Psalm for West Texas
- pp. 138-142
Additional Information
ISBN
9781574415865
Related ISBN(s)
9781574415735
MARC Record
OCLC
898420978
Pages
160
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-23
Language
English
Open Access
No