| Preface by Francis Edward Abernethy |
xi |
| A High Toned Woman by Joyce Gibson Roach |
1 |
| The Lingo of the Espee by Charlie Oden |
11 |
| Mechanical Macho: The Current Craze for Customizing
Pickups by Kenneth W. Davis |
31 |
| Texas Baptistry Paintings: Landscape, Doctrine, Mysticism
by Jack Welch |
43 |
| Celebrations of the Dead: Merging Traditions in the
Spanish Southwest by John O. West |
57 |
| Mexican-American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of
Folk Technology by Joe S. Graham |
73 |
| A Rose Blooms in the Desert: The Saga of the Santa Rita
#1 by Edward C. Rowland |
93 |
| The Rules of Cockfighting by Jim Harris |
101 |
| The Family Saga: An Interpretive Analysis by Lawrence
Clayton |
113 |
| Showdown at Sunup by Paul Clayton |
127 |
| Elephant Ears in the Churchyard by Al Lowman |
133 |
| Hog Drovers: The Why and How of Hog Drives by Lora B.
Garrison |
141 |
| A Key of Golden: Brief Encounters Remembered by Mrs.
John Q. Anderson |
151 |
| Summer Revival by Ernest B. Speck |
161 |
| Growing Up in Bosque County by Palmer Olsen |
171 |
| Cowboy Poets by Guy Logsdon |
181 |
| Folk Poetry: Texas, Southwest by Elton Miles |
201 |
| Contributors |
227 |
| Index |
231 |
