Now in its sixth printing, the first of Elton Miles's folklore collections tells stories as inseparable from the region as the Rio Grande itself. The tales cover supernatural phenomena such as the Marfa lights and water witching, murders, feuds, and lost treasures. Together, they reflect the rugged land where Anglo, Indian, and Mexican cultures meet. Elton Miles is professor emeritus at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.
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Elton Miles is professor emeritus at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.
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An excellent collection of West Texas folklore,
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Anyone from the Texas borderlands, as well as anyone who enjoys regional folklore, will find this collection interesting and highly enjoyable! The stories range from the mysterious ("The Marfa Lights") to the chilling ("Chisos Ghosts") to the amusing ("Bobcat Carter"). There's an excellent chapter devoted to the infamous Indian hunter John Glanton (who features prominently in Cormac McCarthy's "Blood Meridian"), and many others detailing the historical and religious folklore of the area. I used to check this book out of my elementary school library constantly back in the mid 1980s, and twenty years later, I still enjoy re-reading these stories!
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first rate collection of local American tales,
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The stories in Tales of the Big Bend are as inseparable from the region as the Rio Grande itself. Miles evokes Indian, Mexican and Anglo traditions that converge in this area in this collection of tales. They cover supernatural phenomena such as the Marfa lights and water witching, murders, feuds, and lost treasures. Based almost entirely on stories Elton Miles collected from local residents, Tales of the Big Bend should find a well-merited place next to the works of such Texas folkloric giants as Americo Paredes and J. Frank Dobie. The late Elton Miles was professor emeritus of English at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas.
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I guess it would be good if you were into Folk Legend,
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old airbase, bull quartz, water witching, brindle bull, los chisos, scalp hunter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Bend, Fort Davis, Rio Grande, Fort Leaton, Ben Leaton, Marfa Lights, San Antonio, Indian Emily, John Burgess, Bobcat Carter, Presidio del Norte, Cura Urbán, Doña Juana, John Glanton, United States, Bill Leaton, San Carlos, Sunny Glen, Van Sickle, World War, Chisos Mountains, Holy Cross Day, Chihuahua Trail, Guy Lee, Lost Haystack Mine New!
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old airbase, bull quartz, water witching, brindle bull, los chisos, scalp hunter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Big Bend, Fort Davis, Rio Grande, Fort Leaton, Ben Leaton, Marfa Lights, San Antonio, Indian Emily, John Burgess, Bobcat Carter, Presidio del Norte, Cura Urbán, Doña Juana, John Glanton, United States, Bill Leaton, San Carlos, Sunny Glen, Van Sickle, World War, Chisos Mountains, Holy Cross Day, Chihuahua Trail, Guy Lee, Lost Haystack Mine New!
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- Big Foot (Bulldog Drummond) by Edgar Wallace on 5 pages
- The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade; An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Reviews, Criticism and an Annotated Bibliography (A Norton) by Herman Melville on page 115, and Back Matter
- Baronial Forts of the Big Bend by Leavitt, Jr. Corning in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rio Grande (Rivers of the World) by Raymond Johnson on page 143
- Off the Beaten Trail by William Edward Syers on page 162
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- Portraits of the Pecos Frontier (Revised Edition) by Patrick Dearen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Night Orbs by James Bunnell on page 125, and Back Matter
- Following Old Fencelines: Tales from Rural Texas (C. A. Brannen Series) by Lee Winniford in Back Matter
- Tenderfoot Teacher: Letters from the Big Bend, 1952-1954 (Chisholm Trail Series) by Aileen Henderson in Front Matter
- Big Bend Country: Land of the Unexpected (Centennial Series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University) by Kenneth Baxter Ragsdale in Back Matter
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