Texas Toys and Games
You won't find molded plastic, mass-produced items in this Texas Folklore Society Publication. These are folk toys, made from natural or available materials, whatever is handy or can be scrounged. The folks who make them are amateurs of varying degrees, from the ten-year-old hammering together a skate scooter or box kite to the doting grandparent sewing doll clothes or whittling paired giraffes for a Noah's Ark. Texas Toys and Games combines both how-to descriptions and reminiscences. Folk games encompass guessing, gambling, and counting games; physically competitive games of chase, tag, and mock combat; skill games using sticks, stones, marb…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-57441-037-2
- EAN: 9781574410372
- Produktnummer: 9516916
- Verlag: University of North Texas Press,U.S.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H25.3 cm x B17.9 cm x D1.4 cm 653 g
- Auflage: Second Edition
- Abbildungen: illustrations
- Gewicht: 653
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Francis Edward Abernethy is Regents Professor Emeritus of English at Stephen F. Austin State University, the former executive secretary and editor of the Texas Folklore Society, the curator of exhibits for the East Texas Historical Association, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters. In addition to having edited numerous Texas Folklore Society publications, he has written Singin' Texas, Legends of Texas' Heroic Age, and all three volumes of the Texas Folklore Society history, published by the University of North Texas Press.
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