| Preface by Francis Edward Abernethy | xi |
| A High Toned Woman by Joyce Gibson Roach | 1 |
| The Lingo of the Espee by Charlie Oden | 11 |
| Mechanical Macho: The Current Craze for Customizing Pickups by Kenneth W. Davis | 31 |
| Texas Baptistry Paintings: Landscape, Doctrine, Mysticism by Jack Welch | 43 |
| Celebrations of the Dead: Merging Traditions in the Spanish Southwest by John O. West | 57 |
| Mexican-American Lime Kilns in West Texas: The Limits of Folk Technology by Joe S. Graham | 73 |
| A Rose Blooms in the Desert: The Saga of the Santa Rita #1 by Edward C. Rowland | 93 |
| The Rules of Cockfighting by Jim Harris | 101 |
| The Family Saga: An Interpretive Analysis by Lawrence Clayton | 113 |
| Showdown at Sunup by Paul Clayton | 127 |
| Elephant Ears in the Churchyard by Al Lowman | 133 |
| Hog Drovers: The Why and How of Hog Drives by Lora B. Garrison | 141 |
| A Key of Golden: Brief Encounters Remembered by Mrs. John Q. Anderson | 151 |
| Summer Revival by Ernest B. Speck | 161 |
| Growing Up in Bosque County by Palmer Olsen | 171 |
| Cowboy Poets by Guy Logsdon | 181 |
| Folk Poetry: Texas, Southwest by Elton Miles | 201 |
| Contributors | 227 |
| Index | 231 |