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

Roach, Joyce Gibson, (author.). Untiedt, Kenneth L., 1966- (editor.).

Summary:

""Short Call: Snippets from the Smallest Places in Texas, 1935-2000 ""by Joyce Gibson Roach, is TFS Extra Book #24. Joyce Gibson Roach has collected ""snippets"" of stories, recipes, and traditions of life in Turtle, Texas, which represents many small towns--and the people who inhabit them.

Record details

ISBN: 1574415867
ISBN: 9781574415865
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString.july.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.