Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160).

Lone Star storytelling -- The myth of Cora Persephone -- Cupid was a mama's boy -- The coming of the bluebonnet -- The ghost at Hornsby's Bend -- The legend of El Muerto -- The lobo-girl of Devil's River -- The ghost light on Bailey's Prairie -- The babe of the Alamo -- The yellow rose of Texas -- The white Comanche of the plains -- Sam Bass, the Texas Robin Hood -- The story behind the story -- Mollie Bailey was a spy -- Arizona Bill -- Diamond Bill -- Bigfoot Wallace and the hickory nuts -- The life and times of Pecos Bill -- The meandering melon -- Turkey-power -- The Texan and the blue lambs -- The Texan and the grass hut -- The three bubbas -- Teeny tangerine twirling rope -- Pedro y El Diablo -- The old woman and the robbers -- Pretty Polly and Mr. Fox -- Br'er Rabbit's sharecropping -- Br'er Rabbit, Br'er Coon, and the frogs -- See you later, alligator -- Old blue.

"A collection of Texas--and Texanized--myths and legends, including the Comanche myth that explains the origin of Texas's state flower and the exploits of folk heroes like Pecos Bill and Diamond Bill. Award-winning tale teller Donna Ingham applies her own unmistakable voice to these stories that traverse her home state"-- Provided by publisher.