The Essential J. Frank Dobie - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1623498015 ISBN 13 : 9781623498016

Editeur : Texas A & M University Press, 2019

Synopsis

Setting out to create a collection of J. Frank Dobie's writing that "brings him alive and makes him relevant to current generations of readers," Steven L. Davis has combed through the works of this renowned Texas author, gathering together in one volume Dobie's most vital writings. Dobie's stories and essays here are meticulously edited to "prune away some of the brushy undergrowth" and bring Dobie's folksy, erudite voice bounding back to life.

The result is The Essential J. Frank Dobie, a treasury that introduces new readers to Dobie--and reminds older ones that Dobie captured priceless social history while producing some of the most fascinating, best-informed writing about Texas. Dobie bore eloquent witness to the passing of ancient pastoral lifeways and was decades ahead of his time in championing civil rights and protecting the environment. Davis, a Dobie biographer, has found the stories only the master himself could tell--those enriched by his matchless personal adventures, from Mexico to wartime Europe to the remote outback, where he joined wandering seekers on their quests for lost treasures.

Featuring previously published works as well as writing that has never before appeared in book form, The Essential J. Frank Dobie will intrigue, inform, and delight readers: both those who know Dobie's work as an old acquaintance and those who are meeting him for the first time in these pages. As Davis concludes, "the spirit of Dobie is as alive as ever. May you be nourished by it."

All of the author's royalties from The Essential J. Frank Dobie will go to the J. Frank Dobie Library Trust to help small Texas libraries purchase books.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

STEVEN L. DAVIS is the literary curator of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos. His books include J. Frank Dobie: A Liberated Mind, Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond, and (as coauthor) Dallas 1963, which won the 2014 PEN USA Award for Research Nonfiction. He is a past president of the Texas Institute of Letters

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Texas A & M University Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1623498015
• ISBN 13: 9781623498016
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Davis Steven L.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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