J frank dobie biography of abraham
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DOBIE, J. FRANK ()
James Frank Dobie, the beloved best-known popularizer of Texas and ranchland folklore, was born on September 26, , on a small ranch in Live Oak County, Texas.
J frank dobie biography of abraham
He grew up working as a cowboy on his father's ranch and became a voracious reader. Educated both at home and in a one-room schoolhouse, he lived among Hispanic workers and so became bilingual. As Dobie matured he absorbed the lore, language, and legends of the land and people he loved, developing a strong, liberal philosophy.
Dobie earned a bachelor of arts degree at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and a master of arts degree at Columbia University in New York City.
In , as an English teacher at the University of Texas, Austin, he became involved with the Texas Folklore Society, before enlisting in the army in He returned to the University of Texas in , and later (&#;25) served as head of the English Department at Oklahoma A&M in Stillwater.
When Dobie and his wife, Bertha, returned to