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OverviewA collection of thirty-plus stories by regional storytellers, each representing the Texas Storytelling Tradition as nurtured within the Tejas Storytelling Association since 1984. Contributors to this sampler of folktales, original stories, humorous and historic tales are all part of Texas Storytelling Festival history. The Festival is an annual event in Denton, Texas. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ted A ParkhurstPublisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Imprint: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781624912023ISBN 10: 1624912028 Pages: 316 Publication Date: 01 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews"""A gleaning of engaging tales from the Texas Storytelling Festival that will leave you chuckling and, in some cases, weeping. I loved the chance to peek into the Texan lifestyle via tales of living in ... or moving to ... Texas.""-- ""Margaret Read MacDonald, Folklorist, author, storyteller, and former librarian"" ""A love of oral storytelling imbues this celebratory book with the flavors of many cultural traditions that call Texas home. Share these stories with your family, your classroom, and your faith community.""-- ""Kiran Singh Sirah, past president, International Storytelling Center"" ""Brimming with Heart, grace, and grit! These stories from the Texas Storytelling Festival shimmer and sparkle like a radiant Texas sunset. Celebrate four decades of captivating storytelling, from true, heartfelt personal narratives resonating with raw honesty, to the rhythmic cadence of cowboy poetry echoing across the vast landscape, to tales taller than the towering Texas Sky and stretching wider than the expansive horizon. Each of these diverse stories reflect the gentle humor and generous spirit, which define the Texan soul. Forty Years of Texas Storytelling is a celebration of tradition and the enduring legacy that is the Texas Storytelling Festival.""-- ""Alton Takiyama-Chung, Storyteller (altonchung.com) and Editor-In-Chief of The Story Beast, a quarterly e-Publication dedicated to the art of storytelling (storybeast.org)""" Author InformationContributors are performers in the oral tradition and writers who live in Texas or the American Southwest Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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