Coggin Boatright's guest appearances

Coggin Boatright

Texas Originals

Sam Houston

Barbara Jordan

William Cowper

Jack Johnson

Scott Joplin

Alan Lomax

James Walker

Quanah Parker

Andy Adams

Bessie Coleman

George Thomas

Horton Foote

Stephen F. Austin

Belle Starr

Charles Franklin

OwlTail

Folklorist and oral history pioneer Mody Boatright was no stranger to the tall tale. Raised in a West Texas ranching family in the early twentieth century, he was descended from pioneers, cattlemen, and merchants. He grew up immersed in stories of the Texas frontier.

Mody Coggin Boatright