Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank) 1888-1964

Overview

Works:	1,337 works in 2,619 publications in 2 languages and 58,804 library holdings
Genres:	History Biography Folklore Miscellanea Bibliography Legends Fiction Personal narratives Music Trivia and miscellanea
Roles:	Author, Editor, Instrumentalist, Author of introduction, Speaker, Creator, Other, Correspondent, Singer, Signer
Classifications:	F786, 978

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about J. Frank Dobie

An American original : the life of J. Frank Dobie by Lon Tinkle( Book )
J. Frank Dobie : a liberated mind by Steven L Davis( )
The mustang professor : the story of J. Frank Dobie by Mark Mitchell( )
Some part of myself by J. Frank Dobie( Book )
Three men in Texas: Bedichek, Webb, and Dobie by Ronnie Dugger( Book )

Three friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb by William A Owens( Book )
The writings of J. Frank Dobie; a bibliography by Mary Louise McVicker( Book )
Frank Dobie : man and friend by Ralph Webster Yarborough( Book )
A portrait of Pancho : the life of a great Texan, J. Frank Dobie by Winston Bode( Book )
Western American literature : a bibliography of interpretive books and articles by Richard W Etulain( Book )
J. Frank Dobie by Francis Edward Abernethy( Book )
Out of the old rock : [character sketches] by J. Frank Dobie( Book )
J. Frank Dobie: a portrait of Pancho by Winston Bode( Book )
Western high spots : reading and collecting guides by Jeff Dykes( Book )
A Texan in England by J. Frank Dobie( Book )
My Dobie collection by Jeff Dykes( Book )
J. Frank Dobie : the makings of an ample mind by Lon Tinkle( Book )
J. Frank Dobie, bibliography by Spruill Cook( Book )
Texas and the West by Jr. (Firm) Price Daniel( Book )
J. Frank Dobie--Texan : an appreciation by J. Forrest McCutcheon( Book )

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Most widely held works by J. Frank Dobie

Guide to Life and literature of the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie( )

50 editions published between 1943 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 2,604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is a guide to the course taught by the author in the University of Texas

Coronado's children; tales of lost mines and buried treasures of the Southwest by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

56 editions published between 1930 and 2004 in English and held by 2,501 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts the tales and legends of those hardy souls who searched for buried treasure in the Southwest

The longhorns by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

53 editions published between 1941 and 2010 in English and held by 1,871 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The twilight of the longhorn has fallen. The noble breed is nearer extinction than the buffalo ever was. Yet in this rousing chronicle the great days of the longhorn live again, a brave and surging part of our national heritage

The mustangs by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

38 editions published between 1934 and 2005 in English and held by 1,604 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of the wild horses of America, the Indians who rode them and the whites who were famous as their captors

Cow people by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

16 editions published between 1964 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,494 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

J. Frank Dobie is hailed as a master storyteller of the Southwest. In his latest book Dobie records the fading memories of a bygone Texas, the reminiscences of the cow people themselves

Apache gold and Yaqui silver by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

56 editions published between 1928 and 1990 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,465 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

True stories of buried treasure and lost mines of the Southwest, lost because their Indian guardians do not want them worked

Follow de drinkin' gou'd by J. Frank Dobie( )

18 editions published between 1928 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Play party in the united States has grown and decayed through the successive stages of western migration. Essentially a primitive fold type, it sprang up in isolated communities in response to a definite need for vigorous recreation

Legends of Texas by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

39 editions published between 1924 and 2000 in English and held by 1,385 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Legends of Texas is as sizable and varied as the state itself, and J Frank Dobie, perhaps the West's greatest historian, devoted years of his life to collecting and cataloguing its many stories. The stories in this first volume of the Pelican series are reprinted from Dobie's Legends of Texas, originally published in1924 by the Texas Folklore Society, and represent some of the enduring tales that have em embellished the history of the state. Dobie believed that worthwhile literature about his region must be derived from an understanding of its life, history, and lore. The legends represented in this work, and in the rest of the series, were regarded by Dobie as "the most influential in opening the eyes of people to the richness of their own traditions." Legends of the lost mines and buried treasures have stirred the imagination and quickened the pulse of man for centuries. These stories will have the same effect on any that reads them

In the shadow of history by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

18 editions published between 1939 and 1980 in English and held by 1,373 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society. Dobie examines?Rose and His Story of the Alamo.? Other pieces on the Alamo include?How Jim Bowie Died? and?Inventing Stories about the Alamo.??Anecdotes as Side Lights to Texas History? explores stories of the founders of Texas. Among other pieces included are:?There?s a Geography of Humorous Anecdotes,??Folk Characters of the Sheep Industry,??The Ghost Sheep Dog,??Tortilla Making,??Navajo Sketches,? and many more.--Amazon.com

Mustangs and cow horses by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

23 editions published between 1940 and 2000 in English and held by 1,351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Short stories about the mustangs and cow horses in Texas

Coyote wisdom by J. Frank Dobie( )

22 editions published between 1938 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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Puro mexicano by J. Frank Dobie( )

28 editions published between 1935 and 2000 in 3 languages and held by 1,306 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of Mexican folk tales

Tales of old-time Texas by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

29 editions published between 1928 and 2008 in English and held by 1,256 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Short stories

Man, bird, and beast by J. Frank Dobie( )

17 editions published between 1930 and 1965 in English and held by 1,165 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Texas Folkfore: How to get rid of a bunion--tie salt port on the bunion. For a birthmark-rub the birthmark with a piece of raw meat and bury the meat--anymore good ideas?

Tone the bell easy by J. Frank Dobie( )

20 editions published between 1932 and 1965 in English and held by 1,138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Coffee in the gourd by J. Frank Dobie( )

28 editions published between 1923 and 1979 in English and held by 1,123 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A facsimile edition of the 1923 publication of the Texas Folklore Society, featuring twelve articles that discuss ballads, cowboy dance, customs and superstitions, and other topics

The voice of the coyote by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

28 editions published between 1947 and 2006 in English and held by 1,100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

History of the coyote, with legends

Spur-of-the cock by J. Frank Dobie( )

19 editions published between 1933 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,064 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rattlesnakes by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

21 editions published between 1926 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here are observations and speculations, legends and yarns, even gossip about the habits of rattlesnakes--their reported size, deadliness, and power to charm their natural enemies

A vaquero of the brush country by J. Frank Dobie( Book )

34 editions published between 1929 and 1998 in English and held by 1,035 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Vaquero of the Brush Country is both vivid narrative and graphic history. The cattle industry of America began in the mesquitals between the Nueces and the Rio Grands; the first cowboys-- vaqueros-- were "brush poppers." Now for the first time the story of this brush range and of the brush men is told. While the brush country assumes a character as extraordinary as that of the maquis of Corsica of the Everglades of Florida, the book sweeps over a far wider range. It is the story of the land where cattle by tens of thousands were killed on the prairie for their hides and where the "Skinning War" was fought. It is the story of the Chisholm Trail up to Abilene and the Platte beyond; of establishing a ranch on the free grass of the Texas Panhandle; of roping elk in Colorado; of trailing Billy the Kid, cow thief, in New Mexico; of the grim lands of the Pecos. The "hide and tallow factories," which threw trainloads of beef to the buzzards and coyotes; brand buyers as well as brand burners; the "Big Steal" and the "Break-up," in which Jim Lowe played such an amazing part; the "Bloody Border," where Cortina, "the Red Robber of the Rio Bravo," ruled and where ten times more Mexicans were killed than in the battle of San Jacinto; the razorback; the prairie dog; the pioneer drillers for water; the coming of barbed wire and windmills; the literature of McNelly's rangers; the things that cowboys roped-- from wild turkeys to locomotives; the bandana; the six-shooter; the mossy-horned Texas steers; mustangs; monte dealers; Horsehead Crossing; bugle-voiced Shanghai Pierce-- all these and other features and personalities of the range weave into the story. Never before has so much range lore been packed into a book. John Young, the old-time vaquero whose vivid, first-person narrative gives the volume coherence, was trail driver, hog chaser, wild cow milker, sheriff, ranger, hunter of Mexican bandits, horse thief killer, horse trader, brasadero, discoverer of "the Man with the Iron Hand," "stray man," mustanger, prairie fire fighter, ranch manager, and other things. He wanted experience; he got it hot -- Book jacket

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