Research Catalog

Title

Short call [electronic resource] : snippets from the smallest places in Texas / Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels.

Author

Roach, Joyce Gibson.

Publication

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2014]

Details

Additional Authors

• Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966-
• Runnels, Scott.

Description

1 online resource (xvii, 154 pages) : illustrations.

Series Statement

Texas Folklore Society extra book ; number 24

Uniform Title

• Short call (Online)
• Texas Folklore Society extra book ; no. 24.

Alternative Title

Short call (Online)

Subject

• Small cities > Texas, West > Fiction
• Farm life > Texas, West > Fiction
• Women > Texas, West > Fiction
• Texas, West > Social life and customs > Fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Short call -- The wayward winds -- Pickled beets -- The tower of Babel -- Friday night lights -- "A worthy woman is more valuable than rubies" -- High-toned women -- Consider the lilies (or roses or daisies) of the field -- "If there be any virtue, any praise, think on these things" -- "Will Jesus find us watching?" -- Cleanliness is next to outhouses -- It's hip to be square -- The games people play -- Primer on poke sallet -- Recipe for Tex-Mex corn bread -- Addie's household helpful hints? ask Watkins -- Some cutting remarks about pocket knives -- What are friends for? -- Before dryers there was something called a clothesline -- Effie and Earley in a weather prediction showdown -- Hang on to your hat -- Feeling blue? try apricot cake -- Livestock journal: pig report -- "But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee" -- Make a joyful noise -- Well dressed women always wear aprons -- School daze -- School ways -- Will the circle be unbroken? -- Long call -- More than cooks in the kitchen -- Shopping was an art -- Recipe for a birthday cake -- Scriptures, philosophy, and common sense make a sage -- Mama and the box top Christmas -- New year's wish -- A psalm for West Texas -- Endnotes.

LCCN

2014032917

OCLC

ssj0001381941

Author

Roach, Joyce Gibson.

Title

Short call [electronic resource] : snippets from the smallest places in Texas / Joyce Gibson Roach ; edited by Kenneth L. Untiedt ; illustrated by Scott Runnels.

Imprint

Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2014]

Series

Texas Folklore Society extra book ; number 24

Texas Folklore Society extra book ; no. 24.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966-

Runnels, Scott.