Hide, Horn, Fish, and Fowl: Texas Hunting and Fishing Lore

CONTRIBUTORS’ VITAS

CONTRIBUTORS’ VITAS Francis Edward Abernethy is Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University and Editor Emeritus of the Texas Folklore Society. Len Ainsworth indulges his interest in things “Texas” via involvement in the National Ranching Heritage Center, the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, and by dealing in collectible books through his Adobe Book Collection (www.adobebookcollection .com). He is a member of a local Westerners corral, TSHA, TFS, and is a frequent contributor to the RHA quarterly Ranch Record. He is Emeritus Professor and Vice-Provost of Texas Tech University. Randy Cameron is a native Texan and a retired journalism instructor. He is now a fly fishing guide in Colorado, where he lives on the Rio Grande River in the San Juan Mountains with his wife Mary and son Will. Mary Margaret Dougherty Campbell, a sixth-generation Texan, holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from Texas Tech University, and also an M.S. in Educational Administration from Texas A & M University , Corpus Christi. She has presented papers at the South Central Modern Language Association, the Conference of College Teachers of English, the Texas/Southwest Popular Culture Association, the Popular Culture Association, the National Cowboy Symposium and Celebration, and the South Texas Ranching Heritage Festival. She has had articles published in English in Texas, South Texas Traveler, South Texas Catholic, and Cowboy Magazine, and has essays in three TFS publications: The Family Saga, Folklore: In All of Us, In All We Do, Death Lore: Texas Rituals, Superstitions, and Legends of the Hereafter , and Celebrating 100 Years of the Texas Folklore Society 19092009 . Her poems have appeared in English in Texas, American Cowboy, Rope Burns, four volumes of the Texas Poetry Calendar, and 345 7978-vitas.pdf 10/6/11 8:18 AM Page 345 Big Land, Big Sky, Big Hair: The Best of the Texas Poetry Calendar. She is a petroleum landman and the Executive Director of George West Storyfest. Currently, she serves the TFS as President. Kenneth W. Davis, a past-president and Fellow of the Texas Folklore Society, sometimes wanders about West Texas in search of lore worthy of preservation. He remains interested in oral narration and folk communal activities. Robert J. (Jack) Duncan has taught at Collin College and Grayson County College and has worked in other capacities for two community colleges. He was president of the Texas Folklore Society in 1980, and is a life member of the Texas State Historical Association. Jack is a widely published freelance writer, in both scholarly and popular periodicals, including Reader’s Digest. For the past eleven years, he has worked as a writer/editor/researcher for Retractable Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of safety needle medical devices in Little Elm. A lifelong learner, Jack continues to take graduate courses at UNT in a variety of disciplines. He has lived in McKinney most of his life. He is married to his high school sweetheart, the former Elizabeth Ann Harris; they have two sons and five teenage grandsons. Jack and Elizabeth have belonged to the Texas Folklore Society for four decades. Bob Dunn of Garland is a native Texan whose passion is collecting information about the state and the unique people who formed it and still live here. This intense interest has led him, on regular travels through the state, to amass what may be one of the largest and most varied private libraries of Texana in the state. His Lone Star Library in Stephenville is housed on the second floor of the Literary Lion book store, where researchers are welcome to explore its content without charge. Robert Flynn is the author of thirteen books, including nine novels . Echoes of Glory received a Spur Award from Western Writers of 346 Contributors’ Vitas 7978-vitas.pdf 10/6/11 8:18 AM Page 346 America for best long novel in 2010. Flynn’s newest novel is Jade: Outlaw. Sue Friday is a native of Houston but lives and writes on a farm outside Charlotte, North Carolina. She and her late husband, Tom, rescued her grandparents’ dogtrot home near Hemphill, Texas, several years ago. The porch and hall were left open as the place to continue the tradition of outside family gatherings and storytelling. “Porch Hunting” is her third article for the Texas Folklore Society. Riley Froh was born in Luling, Texas, and spent his teen years there enjoying the 1950s. He is descended from original settlers...