Tales of the Big Bend

Description

Author: Miles, Elton   (1917-1995)

Publisher: Texas A & M University Press (College Station, TX)

Pub Date: 1976 (Third printing)

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  Illustrated with black-and-white period photographs.  Dust Jacket: Fair.  NOT price clipped.  Lower front cover edge has a small, triangular closed chip.  Spine head slightly worn.

Notes:  You know the type–yarns–“These Big Bend stories belong to the domain of folklore, and to increase enjoyment of them occasional comments are mad on their place within that domain.  When asked why a certain folktale was often repeated among the people, folklorist Mody Boatright replied, ‘It fills a need.'”  Mody Boatright (1896-1970) (see https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/boatright-mody-cogginhttps://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/boatright-mody-coggin  )