"Since I got my real education working at my Texas Panhandle hometown weekly newspaper, I know the truth this important book delivers. The newspaper was and is one of the best ways to keep the amazing and always interesting folklore of Texas alive."—John Garmon, Salem, Oregon
Selected table of contents:
"Dusting Out," F. E. Abernethy; "Hallie Stillwell Will Live on in Memory," Kent Biffle; "Gold Diggers," Patrick Dearen; "El Ojo and Other Folk Beliefs," Joe Graham; "The Ghosts of Bill Longley,"A. C. Greene; "Cow Chip Tea," Haywood Hygh; "Orient Hotel Saw Good Times and Bad," Elmer Kelton; "Weather Lore Isn’t All Wet," Stanley Marcus; "Dyin’ Easy," Joyce Roach; "Tales of a Rural School Teacher," Lou Rodenberger; "Chicken-fried Steak Tour through Texas," Alan Soloman; "A Legend Runs through It: The Pecos River," Bryan Woolley; "The Weeping Woman," John O. West; "Bad Roosters," Henry Wolff, Jr.