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The Way I Heard It: Tales of the Big Bend

$1995


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The folklore of Texas' Big Bend region was still in the making during Walter Fulcher's lifetime. Born in Lampasas County in 1887, he worked on the Martin Ranch near Sheffield when a young man. There he witnessed events in the last outlaw activities of the Black Jack Ketchum gang.

He also listened to legends told almost as gossip, and some of the legendary figures were still alive--or said to be alive, usually in hiding. In every village there was sure to be some ancient with a good memory and a better imagination, and Walter Fulcher heard many versions of many tales. He has set them down as he heard them, as simple folk tales that reflect the color of a wild and vivid country in 400 years of its settlement.

The book has been edited, with introduction and notes, by Elton Miles, Professor of English at Sul Ross State College.



Author: Walter Fulcher
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01/01/1959
Pages: 113
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780292790278

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    8.5 in, 5.5 in, 0.34 in
  • Pages
    113
  • Publisher
    University of Texas Press

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The Way I Heard It: Tales of the Big Bend by Fulcher, Walter
University of Texas Press

The Way I Heard It: Tales of the Big Bend

$1995

The folklore of Texas' Big Bend region was still in the making during Walter Fulcher's lifetime. Born in Lampasas County in 1887, he worked on the Martin Ranch near Sheffield when a young man. There he witnessed events in the last outlaw activities of the Black Jack Ketchum gang.

He also listened to legends told almost as gossip, and some of the legendary figures were still alive--or said to be alive, usually in hiding. In every village there was sure to be some ancient with a good memory and a better imagination, and Walter Fulcher heard many versions of many tales. He has set them down as he heard them, as simple folk tales that reflect the color of a wild and vivid country in 400 years of its settlement.

The book has been edited, with introduction and notes, by Elton Miles, Professor of English at Sul Ross State College.



Author: Walter Fulcher
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 01/01/1959
Pages: 113
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9780292790278
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