J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964)
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J. Frank Dobie was born on a ranch in Live Oak County, Texas on September 26, 1888. He graduated from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas in 1910 and received his master's degree from Columbia University. He became an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist. He wrote numerous vis mere books depicting life in rural Texas including A Vaquero of the Brush Country, On the Open Range, Tongues of the Monte, The Voice of the Coyote, Tales of Old Time Texas, I'll Tell You a Tale, and Cow People. Coronado's Children won the Literary Guild Award in 1931. On September 14, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson awarded him the Medal of Freedom. He died four days later on September 18, 1964. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Værker af J. Frank Dobie
Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest (1930) 225 eksemplarer
Guide to life and literature of the Southwest, revised and enlarged in both knowledge and wisdom (1952) 36 eksemplarer
Afield With J. Frank Dobie: Tales of Critters, Campfires, and the Hunting Trail (1992) 13 eksemplarer
44 Range Country Books Topped Out by J. Frank Dobie in 1941 and 44 More Range Country Books Topped Out by Jeff Dykes in… (1972) 8 eksemplarer
John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters: His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings. (1965) 5 eksemplarer
Carl Sandburg & Saint Peter at the Gate 2 eksemplarer
Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk 2 eksemplarer
Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver 1 eksemplar
1939 APACHE GOLD & YAQUI SILVER J. FRANK DOBIE ILLUSTRATED TEXAS DUST JACKET [Hardcover] J. FRANK DOBIE 1 eksemplar
Titans of Western Art 1 eksemplar
Life and Literature of the Southwest 1 eksemplar
Gauchos of the Pampas and their Horses 1 eksemplar
Annotations 1 eksemplar
TRANS PECOS: An Extract from " A Vaquero of the Brush Country " (No. 9 of the Southwest Broadsides for the Friends of… (1955) 1 eksemplar
Bob More: Man and Bird Man 1 eksemplar
Mesquite 1 eksemplar
Pitching horses and panthers 1 eksemplar
Books and Christmas 1 eksemplar
A Schoolteacher in Alpine 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Bidragyder — 258 eksemplarer
A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (1950) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 185 eksemplarer
An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre; an account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in… (1886) — Introduktion — 48 eksemplarer
Half-a-Hundred Stories for Men, Great Tales by American Writers (1945) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
The word on the Brazos; Negro preacher tales from the Brazos bottoms of Texas (1969) — Forord — 8 eksemplarer
My Rambles as East Texas Cowboy, Hunter, Fisherman, Tie-Cutter (Texas Folklore Society Range Life Series No. 1 & Extra… (1942) 4 eksemplarer
Sunset Land: The Best Novels of Eugene Manlove Rhodes — Introduktion — 1 eksemplar
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- Kanonisk navn
- Dobie, J. Frank
- Juridisk navn
- Dobie, James Frank
- Fødselsdato
- 1888-09-26
- Dødsdag
- 1964-09-18
- Begravelsessted
- Texas State Memorial Cemetery, Austin, Texas, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Live Oak County, Texas, USA
- Dødssted
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Dødsårsag
- heart attack
- Bopæl
- Alice, Texas, USA
Georgetown, Texas, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Galveston, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
La Salle County, Texas, USA (vis alle 8)
London, England, UK
Austin, Texas, USA - Uddannelse
- Southwestern University (B.A.|1910)
Columbia University (M.A.|1914) - Erhverv
- professor
columnist
rancher
folklorist
humorist - Organisationer
- Southwestern University (faculty)
Oklahoma A&M University (faculty)
University of Texas at Austin (faculty)
Texas Folklore Society (editor)
Cambridge University (visiting professor|1943-1944) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Texas Heroes Hall of Honor (2009)
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