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A biography of J. Frank Dobie, educator, writer, professor at the University of Texas, and collector of folklore of the Southwest.
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The Mustang Professor: The Story of J. Frank Dobie
Written and illustrated by Mark Mitchell
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To my wife, Marsha
First Edition
Copyright 1993 By Mark Mitchell
Published in the United States of America By Eakin Press / An imprint of Sunbelt Media, Inc. P.O. Box 90159 * Austin, TX 78709-0159
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher, except for brief passages included in a review appearing in a newspaper or magazine.
ISBN 0-89015-823-1
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mitchell, Mark, 1951 The mustang professor: the story of J. Frank Dobie by Mark Mitchell p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. Summary: a biography of J. Frank Dobie, educator, writer, professor at the University of Texas, and collector of folklore of the Southwest. ISBN 0-89015-823-1 1. Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 18881964 Biography Juvenile literature. 2. Authors, American 20th century Biography Juvenile literature. [1. Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 18881964. 2. Authors, American 3. Folklorists.] I. Title. PS3507.01833Z77 1991 81845209dc20 91-18336 [B] CIP AC
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Contents
1. Brush Country Vaquero
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2. Looking for Treasureand Folklore
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3. Frank Speaks His Mind
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4. Talking Politics and Visiting England
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5. Trouble at the University
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6. Last Roundup for an Old Cowboy
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Roundup
J. Frank Dobie (18881964) was more than an expert on rattlesnakes, cattle, stampedes, and mustang horses. He was a dynamic person who seemed to represent everything that was authentic, special, and good about Texas. His gift was making us appreciate the brilliance of our frontier heritage.
But Dobie was also a "disturbing influence," whose beliefs sometimes ran against the grain of a state that was stubbornly set in its ways. He waged a verbal war against plutocracy and blind conformity. He put himself in the front ranks of causes like equal rights, freedom of speech, and environmental protectionbefore the public realized these were causes.
The first book about J. Frank Dobie for young readers, The Mustang Professor traces Dobie's life from his childhood on a poor South Texas ranch to prominence as a writer and nationally recognized, Will Rogers-like celebrity. It introduces his two famous friends, the historian Walter Prescott Webb and the naturalist Roy Bedichek, who, with Dobie, came to be known as the "Texas Triumvirate"central figures on the Texas literary scene.
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In presenting this life of Dobie or "Pancho," as his friends called him (the Spanish nickname for Frank), The Mustang Professor also shares another unusual story. That story is of Texas and its largest university during crucial, formative years, as they struggled to shake off the frontier and enter "the modern age."
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1 Brush Country Vaquero
It may have seemed like strange work for a former University of Texas English instructor. But J. Frank Dobie was glad Uncle Jim had given him the chance to drop out of teaching and go supervise work at the Los Olmos ranch.
Because he had grown up on a South Texas ranch, Frank had no trouble fitting in at Los Olmos. During his first week on the job, he roped a wild javelina and showed the vaqueros how to butcher and cook it for lunch. The vaqueros were impressed.
Frank always ached to be outdoors. Even though he was a college teacher, he felt more at home singing to cattle at night than he did studying in the university's tall library stacks. The rugged work on the range and the primitive life far away from the state capital suited him fine. From the branding, dipping, doctoring, and otherwise caring for thousands of head of cattle, to supervising the hands and paying the bills, Frank took charge of it all.
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