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Taking a fresh look at a landmark Texas writer who hasn’t been the subject of a biography since Lon Tinkle’s 1978 An American Original, this book reveals J. Frank Dobie as a “free-range thinker” who fought for liberal political causes.

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Liberated Mind
  • Part 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause
    • Chapter 1: Along the Ramirenia
    • Chapter 2: The Education of a Brush Countryman, 1904-1912
    • Chapter 3: From Texas to New York, 1913-1914
    • Chapter 4: Fighting Conformity, Courting Bertha, 1914-1916
    • Chapter 5: The Great War, 1915-1919
  • Part 2: The Rising Star
    • Chapter 6: A Rangeland Epiphany, 1920-1921
    • Chapter 7: The Making of a Folklorist, 1921-1923
    • Chapter 8: The Rising Star, 1923-1926
    • Chapter 9: Voices of the Southwest, 1926-1930
    • Chapter 10: Regionalism Goes National, 1929-1930
  • Part 3: Mr. Texas
    • Chapter 11: Dobie in Bloom, 1930-1934
    • Chapter 12: Into Mexico, 1933-1935
    • Chapter 13: The Flavor of Texas, 1936
    • Chapter 14: The Austin Liberals, 1936-1938
    • Chapter 15: Apache Gold vs. Pale Horse, 1937-1939
  • Part 4: Texas Needs Brains
    • Chapter 16: The Longhorns, 1939-1941
    • Chapter 17: True Patriotism and the Singing Governor, 1940-1941
    • Chapter 18: The Liberal Hero, 1941-1943
    • Chapter 19: A Contemporary of Himself, 1943-1946
    • Chapter 20: A Texan in England, 1943-1946
    • Chapter 21: Texas Needs Brains, 1946-1947
  • Part 5: Elder Statesman
    • Chapter 22: Coyote Wisdom, 1948-1953
    • Chapter 23: Elder Statesman, 1951-1958
    • Chapter 24: Literary Dictator, 1952-1960
    • Chapter 25: End of an Era, 1955-1959
  • Part 6: Twilight
    • Chapter 26: One Touch of Nature, Plus, 1960-1962
    • Chapter 27: Sunset, 1962-1964
    • Chapter 28: Dobie's Legacy
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

J. Frank Dobie

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 10/01/2021
      ISBN13: 9781477312322, 978-1477312322
      ISBN10: 1477312323
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Taking a fresh look at a landmark Texas writer who hasn’t been the subject of a biography since Lon Tinkle’s 1978 An American Original, this book reveals J. Frank Dobie as a “free-range thinker” who fought for liberal political causes.

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • A Liberated Mind
      • Part 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause
        • Chapter 1: Along the Ramirenia
        • Chapter 2: The Education of a Brush Countryman, 1904-1912
        • Chapter 3: From Texas to New York, 1913-1914
        • Chapter 4: Fighting Conformity, Courting Bertha, 1914-1916
        • Chapter 5: The Great War, 1915-1919
      • Part 2: The Rising Star
        • Chapter 6: A Rangeland Epiphany, 1920-1921
        • Chapter 7: The Making of a Folklorist, 1921-1923
        • Chapter 8: The Rising Star, 1923-1926
        • Chapter 9: Voices of the Southwest, 1926-1930
        • Chapter 10: Regionalism Goes National, 1929-1930
      • Part 3: Mr. Texas
        • Chapter 11: Dobie in Bloom, 1930-1934
        • Chapter 12: Into Mexico, 1933-1935
        • Chapter 13: The Flavor of Texas, 1936
        • Chapter 14: The Austin Liberals, 1936-1938
        • Chapter 15: Apache Gold vs. Pale Horse, 1937-1939
      • Part 4: Texas Needs Brains
        • Chapter 16: The Longhorns, 1939-1941
        • Chapter 17: True Patriotism and the Singing Governor, 1940-1941
        • Chapter 18: The Liberal Hero, 1941-1943
        • Chapter 19: A Contemporary of Himself, 1943-1946
        • Chapter 20: A Texan in England, 1943-1946
        • Chapter 21: Texas Needs Brains, 1946-1947
      • Part 5: Elder Statesman
        • Chapter 22: Coyote Wisdom, 1948-1953
        • Chapter 23: Elder Statesman, 1951-1958
        • Chapter 24: Literary Dictator, 1952-1960
        • Chapter 25: End of an Era, 1955-1959
      • Part 6: Twilight
        • Chapter 26: One Touch of Nature, Plus, 1960-1962
        • Chapter 27: Sunset, 1962-1964
        • Chapter 28: Dobie's Legacy
      • Notes
      • Selected Bibliography
      • Index

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