| Tire Shrinker to Dragster Contributor(s): Hudson, Wilson M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1574410601 ISBN-13: 9781574410600 Publisher: University of North Texas Press OUR PRICE: $29.65 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1998 Annotation: The title of this collection denotes a span from the horse-drawn vehicles with steel tires that had to be shrunk down occasionally, to the cars that accelerate to unbelievable speeds on a drag strip. Society members like to look back at old customs and beliefs but they are quite willing to take into account that urbanization and engineering do not destroy folklife but rather bring about new formations. From tire shrinkers to the folksay of the drag strip; from silver ingots in East Texas to early Irish storytelling; from folklore and the Finnish sauna to mock bidding in Jamaica; from folkways and mores on the University of Texas campus in the 1930s to Dobie as teacher, this miscellany brings together a wealth of Texas folklore. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 976.4 |
| Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.33" W x 9.39" (1.40 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |