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South Texas Tales

South Texas Tales
Author: Patricia Cisneros Young
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2007-11
Genre: Short stories, American
ISBN: 1602475482

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' These] vignettes of Brownsville people, part real and part fiction, capture the character of our border community. The reader becomes involved with the characters and the stories. It's as though the essence of our society and culture had been opened to view through a historical prism. And the stories are just plain pleasurable to read.' -Dr. Anthony Knopp, Ph.D, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Brownsville, Texas


Great Tales from the History of South Texas

Great Tales from the History of South Texas
Author: Murphy Givens
Publisher: Jim
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780983256533

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The history of the Old West has deep roots in South Texas where the Wild Horse Desert was a lawless land controlled by no authority. The western region of South Texas, from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, stretching west and south to the Rio Grande, was the birthplace of the big cattle ranches, the cattle barons, rustlers, hide thieves, outlaws, and bad men operating on both sides of the border. Murphy Givens brings the stories of the Old West to life in "Great Tales From the History of South Texas"


Border Lore Folktales and Legends of South Texas

Border Lore Folktales and Legends of South Texas
Author: David Bowles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2015-06-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781942956013

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Award-winning translator and author David Bowles brings together twenty-five darkly memorable stories of the southern borderlands of Texas, retold in his unique voice. Ranging from the age-old folktales heard at his grandmother's knee to urban legends collected down the years, each of these narratives is brought to stunning visual life by artist Jose Melendez. An appendix classifies the pieces and enumerates motifs."


Stories That Must Not Die

Stories That Must Not Die
Author: Juan Sauvageau-Pro
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1975
Genre: Legends
ISBN: 9780605233690

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Collection of Mexican-American folklore.


A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs

A Field Guide to Common South Texas Shrubs
Author: Richard B. Taylor
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1997
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781885696144

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There are over 281 species of woody plants and 32 species of cacti in the South Texas ecological region. The vast majority of these are found in the lower Rio Grande Valley, which is part of the subtropical Tamaulipan biotic province. Many of the plant species in this area reach their northernmost boundary here. The 44 plants described in this guide represent an estimated 75% of the overall brush biomass of the South Texas ecological region, excluding the lower Rio Grande Valley. The plants are grouped into thorned and thornless categories and alphabetized by family. Distinguishing characteristics have been italicized for easy reference. Similar species are also noted. In this guide, plants are not ranked by importance because their value to animals can differ from ranch to ranch, depending on the plant's availability and the ranch's location, soil type, and land management practices. In case a plant is not found in this guide or more information is desired, a list of additional references is included.


Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas

Spirits of San Antonio and South Texas
Author: Docia Schultz Williams
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1993
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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The number one tourist destination in Texas may also be one of the most haunted cities in the entire state. Steeped in history and tradition, San Antonio has many locations that are claimed as home for some interesting and intriguing spirits. Docia Williams has spent years tracking down the spirits of San Antonio and has found them in such interesting places as the Alamo, the Institute of Texan Cultures, numerous hotels and restaurants, the city library, the choir loft of a Methodist church, the Midget Mansion, and the haunted Sea Captain's house.


There Ain't No Such Animal and Other East Texas Tales

There Ain't No Such Animal and Other East Texas Tales
Author: Bill Brett
Publisher: Texas A & M University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1979
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780890960684

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The stories in this book are the kind you might hear sitting on the porch past dark listening to distant hounds after a fox in the southeast Texas bottoms, tales with some truth and some lies and much pleasure take in the telling and the listening, tales with a strong sense of place and people, rooted firmly in the oral tradition. Sure enough, there ain't no such animal” as a completely honest man, as the title story shows. Other stories tell of justice as swift and sure as a mule's kick, of epic brawls and the trials of courtship, of poachers, politicians, and preachers, of hogs and dogs and horse traders, of good neighboring and bad blood, of life and death and youth and age in southeast Texas as it was early in the twentieth century. In the tradition of Frank Dobie and Fred Gipson, Bill Brett writes with the natural humor and wisdom of the folk themselves. His stories will delight anyone with an interest in folk life or with the inclination to stop and set a spell” and listen to a good yarn.


Great Tales from the History of South Texas

Great Tales from the History of South Texas
Author: Murphy Givens
Publisher: Jim
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2012-12-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780983256533

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The history of the Old West has deep roots in South Texas where the Wild Horse Desert was a lawless land controlled by no authority. The western region of South Texas, from San Antonio to Corpus Christi, stretching west and south to the Rio Grande, was the birthplace of the big cattle ranches, the cattle barons, rustlers, hide thieves, outlaws, and bad men operating on both sides of the border. Murphy Givens brings the stories of the Old West to life in "Great Tales From the History of South Texas"


Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas

Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas
Author: Fernando A. Flores
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780924047978

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Fiction. Music. DEATH TO THE BULLSHIT ARTISTS OF SOUTH TEXAS is a psychedelic romp through the Rio Grande Valley music scene. This collection of 10 punk rock fairy-tales offers a prismatic view of a subculture so rich that if it knew its own worth, it just might revolt against itself. This is the book you wish you had as a teenager, headphones on, waiting at a bus stop for a ride to the record store.