J. Frank Dobie : a liberated mind / / Steven L. Davis
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| Autore: |
Davis Steven L
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| Titolo: |
J. Frank Dobie : a liberated mind / / Steven L. Davis
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| Pubblicazione: | Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (284 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 398.092 |
| Soggetto topico: | Folklorists - United States |
| Authors, American - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Liberated Mind -- Part 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause -- Part 2: The Rising Star -- Part 3: Mr. Texas -- Part 4: Texas Needs Brains -- Part 5: Elder Statesman -- Part 6: Twilight -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | J. Frank Dobie |
| ISBN: | 0-292-79913-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822531403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Charles N. Prothro Texana series.