J. Frank Dobie (1888–1964)
Auteur de Up the Trail from Texas
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de J. Frank Dobie
Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest (1930) 225 exemplaires
Guide to life and literature of the Southwest, revised and enlarged in both knowledge and wisdom (1952) 36 exemplaires
Afield With J. Frank Dobie: Tales of Critters, Campfires, and the Hunting Trail (1992) 13 exemplaires
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 exemplaires
John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters: His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings. (1965) 5 exemplaires
Carl Sandburg & Saint Peter at the Gate 2 exemplaires
Ballads and Songs of the Frontier Folk 2 exemplaires
Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver 1 exemplaire
1939 APACHE GOLD & YAQUI SILVER J. FRANK DOBIE ILLUSTRATED TEXAS DUST JACKET [Hardcover] J. FRANK DOBIE 1 exemplaire
Titans of Western Art 1 exemplaire
Life and Literature of the Southwest 1 exemplaire
Gauchos of the Pampas and their Horses 1 exemplaire
Annotations 1 exemplaire
TRANS PECOS: An Extract from " A Vaquero of the Brush Country " (No. 9 of the Southwest Broadsides for the Friends of… (1955) 1 exemplaire
Bob More: Man and Bird Man 1 exemplaire
Mesquite 1 exemplaire
Pitching horses and panthers 1 exemplaire
Books and Christmas 1 exemplaire
A Schoolteacher in Alpine 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Best of the West: An Anthology of Classic Writing from the American West (1991) — Contributeur — 258 exemplaires
A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (1950) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 185 exemplaires
An Apache campaign in the Sierra Madre; an account of the expedition in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in… (1886) — Introduction — 48 exemplaires
Half-a-Hundred Stories for Men, Great Tales by American Writers (1945) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
The word on the Brazos; Negro preacher tales from the Brazos bottoms of Texas (1969) — Avant-propos — 8 exemplaires
My Rambles as East Texas Cowboy, Hunter, Fisherman, Tie-Cutter (Texas Folklore Society Range Life Series No. 1 & Extra… (1942) 4 exemplaires
Sunset Land: The Best Novels of Eugene Manlove Rhodes — Introduction — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Dobie, J. Frank
- Nom légal
- Dobie, James Frank
- Date de naissance
- 1888-09-26
- Date de décès
- 1964-09-18
- Lieu de sépulture
- Texas State Memorial Cemetery, Austin, Texas, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Live Oak County, Texas, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Cause du décès
- heart attack
- Lieux de résidence
- Alice, Texas, USA
Georgetown, Texas, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Galveston, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
La Salle County, Texas, USA (tout afficher 8)
London, England, UK
Austin, Texas, USA - Études
- Southwestern University (B.A.|1910)
Columbia University (M.A.|1914) - Professions
- professor
columnist
rancher
folklorist
humorist - Organisations
- Southwestern University (faculty)
Oklahoma A&M University (faculty)
University of Texas at Austin (faculty)
Texas Folklore Society (editor)
Cambridge University (visiting professor|1943-1944) - Prix et distinctions
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1964)
Texas Heroes Hall of Honor (2009)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 72
- Aussi par
- 18
- Membres
- 2,045
- Popularité
- #12,574
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 14
- ISBN
- 117
- Favoris
- 4