Legends of outlaw loot, pirate hoards, buried mines, and Santa Anna's pack-train gold. Contains 31 legends from the Lone Star State. As they relate to the lost fortunes of Native Americans, French pir
Through wit and one-liners, Brummett portrays an American West in which the old ways awkwardly accommodate the new, in which the day's drudgery is seasoned with humor and punctuated by practical jokes
The director of an addiction treatment center for more than four decades, Joe McQ has become an internationally respected teacher and lecturer on the Twelve Step method introduced by Alcoholics Anonym
Young or old, playful or terrifying, clad in the brocades of the 16th century or the jeans of today, the phantoms of these tales vary as much as the places they haunt. Whatever their demeanor, whereve
This surprisingly reverent collection of religious humor pokes less at the message than at the messenger. Gentle enough to give your preacher, clean enough to use in the pulpit, this volume is nonethe
Modern-day counterparts of the Spanish conquistadors and the early nineteenth-century settlers still cling to the image of El Dorado. The folklore of the land still exerts its magical pull. The pickup
More than 100 tales of the supernatural, drawn from Tidewater Virginia to the Lone Star State, are included in this collection. McNeil's introduction traces themes peculiar to the South, such as the s
When two greedy jungle cats discover a large piece of cheese, they can't decide how to divide it fairly. The clever monkey comes to their rescue. Or so they think. After reading this trickster tale fr
