{"product_id":"j-frank-dobie-a-liberated-mind-paperback-softback-9781477312322","title":"J. Frank Dobie; A Liberated Mind (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477312322","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJ. Frank Dobie\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Liberated Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven L. Davis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477312322, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 January 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 38 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Liberated Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Along the Ramirenia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: The Education of a Brush Countryman, 1904-1912\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: From Texas to New York, 1913-1914\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: Fighting Conformity, Courting Bertha, 1914-1916\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5: The Great War, 1915-1919\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2: The Rising Star \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6: A Rangeland Epiphany, 1920-1921\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7: The Making of a Folklorist, 1921-1923\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8: The Rising Star, 1923-1926\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9: Voices of the Southwest, 1926-1930\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10: Regionalism Goes National, 1929-1930\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 3: Mr. Texas \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11: Dobie in Bloom, 1930-1934\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 12: Into Mexico, 1933-1935\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 13: The Flavor of Texas, 1936\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 14: The Austin Liberals, 1936-1938\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 15: Apache Gold vs. Pale Horse, 1937-1939\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 4: Texas Needs Brains \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 16: The Longhorns, 1939-1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 17: True Patriotism and the Singing Governor, 1940-1941\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 18: The Liberal Hero, 1941-1943\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 19: A Contemporary of Himself, 1943-1946\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 20: A Texan in England, 1943-1946\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 21: Texas Needs Brains, 1946-1947\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 5: Elder Statesman \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 22: Coyote Wisdom, 1948-1953\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 23: Elder Statesman, 1951-1958\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 24: Literary Dictator, 1952-1960\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 25: End of an Era, 1955-1959\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 6: Twilight \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 26: One Touch of Nature, Plus, 1960-1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 27: Sunset, 1962-1964\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 28: Dobie's Legacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589119242520,"sku":"9781477312322","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/j-frank-dobie-a-liberated-mind-paperback-softback-9781477312322","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}