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Preface	p. vii
The East Texas Communal Hunt	p. 3
Folk Medicine in Denton County Today: Or, Can Dermatology Displace Dishrags?	p. 11
The Frontier Preacher as a Character Type in Methodist Autobiographies	p. 19
The Day They Shot Bonnie and Clyde	p. 35
Diesel Smoke and Dangerous Curves: Folklore of the Trucking Industry	p. 45
Tales of the Cattle Trail	p. 55
Origins of "Sir Patrick Spens"	p. 65
"The Gatesville Murder": The Origin and Evolution of a Ballad	p. 73
Old Fort Leaton: A Saga of the Big Bend	p. 83
Hog Killing and Soap Making	p. 103
Cabeza De Vaca was a Piker	p. 109
Barbara Ellen and the Lincoln Continental: Or, the Commercial Folk Festival	p. 113
Classical and Literary Motifs in TV and Movie Westerns	p. 127
Myth and Folklore in the Ordways	p. 133
The Hu Apango: A Dithyrambic Festival	p. 147
Rats, Cats, and Abandoned Fields	p. 157
Contributors	p. 165
Index	p. 169
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