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- Author: Donna Ingham
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- ISBN-10: 0762738995
- ISBN-13: 9780762738991
- Format: 13.7 x 20.2 x 1.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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Storytelling is both an art form and a means of passing on significant elements of a culture--the history, the traditions, the humor, the pathos. It is a way of entertaining and being entertained. With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as: >The Coming of the Bluebonnet--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flower>The Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove>The Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero>Diamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War>Cupid Was a Mama's Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth >And much more
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- Author: Donna Ingham
- Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
- ISBN-10: 0762738995
- ISBN-13: 9780762738991
- Format: 13.7 x 20.2 x 1.2 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
Storytelling is both an art form and a means of passing on significant elements of a culture--the history, the traditions, the humor, the pathos. It is a way of entertaining and being entertained. With this compilation of Texas--and Texanized--favorite myths and legends, award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to traverse her home state through such stories as: >The Coming of the Bluebonnet--an oft-collected Commanche myth about love and sacrifice and the origin of the Texas state flower>The Story Behind the Story--about two early cattlemen and the basis for an episode in Larry McMurtry's Lonesome Dove>The Life and Times of Pecos Bill--a selection of tales about this legendary folk hero>Diamond Bill--about an east Texas rattlesnake who fought in the Civil War>Cupid Was a Mama's Boy--a Texanized classic Greek myth >And much more
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