Mister, you got yourself a horse : tales of old-time horse trading / edited with an introd. by Roger L. Welsch.

Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited a lively collection of stories by some master yarnspinners—those old-time traveling horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project fieldworkers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading: human and equine trickery, orneriness, debility—a...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Main Author: Welsch, Roger L.
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1981], ©1981.
Series:William G. Lockwood Collection of Romani Ethnology and Gypsy Stereotypes.
Subjects:
Horse trading > Folklore > United States.
Horses > Folklore.
Tales > United States.
Insertions (Provenance)
Genre:
Folklore.
Insertions (Provenance)
Ownership and Custodial History:
MSU: copy 2 Laid-in material transferred to MSS 466 Box 1 folder 307.
Local Note:
MSU: Copy 2 is stored offsite in Remote Storage. Please contact Special Collections 3 working days in advance if you wish to use it.
MSU: Copy 2 gift of William G. Lockwood and Yvonne R. Lockwood.
Physical Description:xi, 207 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
Plains folklorist Roger L. Welsch has edited a lively collection of stories by some master yarnspinners—those old-time traveling horse traders. Told to Federal Writers' Project fieldworkers in the 1930s, these stories cover the span of horse trading: human and equine trickery, orneriness, debility—and generosity.
Call Number:GR105.5 .W44
Bibliography Note:Bibliography: page 207.
ISBN:0803247117