LEADER 03278nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910822531403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-79913-6 024 7 $a10.7560/721142 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805779 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184715 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939075 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184715 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10205167 035 $a(PQKB)11041837 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443423 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443423 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10331715 035 $a(OCoLC)451598662 035 $a(DE-B1597)587058 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292799134 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805779 100 $a20090428d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJ. Frank Dobie $ea liberated mind /$fSteven L. Davis 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (284 pages) 225 1 $aCharles N. Prothro Texana series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-292-72114-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tA Liberated Mind --$tPart 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause --$tPart 2: The Rising Star --$tPart 3: Mr. Texas --$tPart 4: Texas Needs Brains --$tPart 5: Elder Statesman --$tPart 6: Twilight --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aThe first Texas-based writer to gain national attention, J. Frank Dobie proved that authentic writing springs easily from the native soil of Texas and the Southwest. In best-selling books such as Tales of Old-Time Texas, Coronado's Children, and The Longhorns, Dobie captured the Southwest's folk history, which was quickly disappearing as the United States became ever more urbanized and industrial. Renowned as "Mr. Texas," Dobie paradoxically has almost disappeared from view?a casualty of changing tastes in literature and shifts in social and political attitudes since the 1960s. In this lively biography, Steven L. Davis takes a fresh look at a J. Frank Dobie whose "liberated mind" set him on an intellectual journey that culminated in Dobie becoming a political liberal who fought for labor, free speech, and civil rights well before these causes became acceptable to most Anglo Texans. Tracing the full arc of Dobie's life (1888?1964), Davis shows how Dobie's insistence on "free-range thinking" led him to such radical actions as calling for the complete integration of the University of Texas during the 1940s, as well as taking on governors, senators, and the FBI (which secretly investigated him) as Texas's leading dissenter during the McCarthy era. 410 0$aCharles N. Prothro Texana series. 606 $aFolklorists$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 615 0$aFolklorists 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a398.092 700 $aDavis$b Steven L$0119423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822531403321 996 $aJ. Frank Dobie$94191207 997 $aUNINA