# Tall tales from Texas

Author: Boatright, Mody C. (Mody Coggin), 1896-1970; Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Boatright, Elizabeth Keefer, 1897-1989 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71089

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tall+tales+from+Texas+Boatright&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

An authentic liar knows what he is lying about, knows that his listeners--unless they are tenderfeet, greenhorns--know also, and hence makes no pretense of fooling either himself or them. At his best he is as grave as a historian of the Roman Empire; yet what he is after is neither credulity nor the establishment of truth. He does not take himself too seriously, but he does regard himself as an artist and yearns for recognition of his art. He may lie with satiric intent; he may lie merely to make the time pass pleasantly; he may lie in order to take the wind out of some egotistic fellow of his own tribe or to take in some greener; again, without any purpose at all and directed only by his...

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tall-tales-from-texas-71089/chapters/7/index.md)