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J. Frank Dobie

Born

in Live Oak County, Texas, The United States

September 26, 1888

Died

September 18, 1964

Genre

History, Folklore, Western

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Called the "Storyteller of the Southwest," James Frank Dobie was born in 1888 on his family's cattle ranch in Live Oak County. During his long life, J. Frank Dobie would live astride two worlds: a rugged life on a Texas cattle ranch and the state's modern centers of scholarly learning.

Dobie came to Austin in 1914 to teach at the University of Texas. In time he pioneered an influential course on the literature of the Southwest. By the late 1920s, Dobie discovered his mission: to record and publicize the disappearing folklore of Texas and the greater Southwest. Dobie became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society, a position he held for 21 years.

J. Frank Dobie Dobie was a new kind of folklorist—a progressive activist. He called for UT to admi ...more

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	Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest (Barker Texas History Center Series) by J. Frank Dobie, Frank H. Wardlaw (Introduction) 4.21 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1930 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Old-Time Texas by J. Frank Dobie, J. Frank Dobie 3.99 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1955 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Longhorns 4.16 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1941 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie, Dayton O. Hyde (Introduction) 4.06 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1953 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver 4.18 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1939 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Voice of the Coyote (Bison Book) 3.96 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1949 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cow People 4.12 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1964 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rattlesnakes 3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1982 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ben Lilly Legend 3.90 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 1950 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Up the Trail from Texas by J. Frank Dobie, John C. Wonsetler (Illustrator) 3.64 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1955 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Conform and be dull.”
― James Frank Dobie

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“The average PhD thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one gaveyard to another.”
― J. Frank Dobie

tags: phd

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“He had a conscience as elastic as any politician could wish for.”
― J. Frank Dobie, Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest

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