J. Frank Dobie

Steven L. Davis is the Assistant Curator at the Southwestern Writers Collection/The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University–San Marcos and serves as editor of the Southwestern Writers Collection book series, published by the University of Texas Press. His previous books include Texas Literary Outlaws: Six Writers in the Sixties and Beyond.

• AcknowledgmentsA Liberated MindPart 1: Rebel of the Lost Cause Chapter 1: Along the RamireniaChapter 2: The Education of a Brush Countryman, 1904-1912Chapter 3: From Texas to New York, 1913-1914Chapter 4: Fighting Conformity, Courting Bertha, 1914-1916Chapter 5: The Great War, 1915-1919Part 2: The Rising Star Chapter 6: A Rangeland Epiphany, 1920-1921Chapter 7: The Making of a Folklorist, 1921-1923Chapter 8: The Rising Star, 1923-1926Chapter 9: Voices of the Southwest, 1926-1930Chapter 10: Regionalism Goes National, 1929-1930Part 3: Mr. Texas Chapter 11: Dobie in Bloom, 1930-1934Chapter 12: Into Mexico, 1933-1935Chapter 13: The Flavor of Texas, 1936Chapter 14: The Austin Liberals, 1936-1938Chapter 15: Apache Gold vs. Pale Horse, 1937-1939Part 4: Texas Needs Brains Chapter 16: The Longhorns, 1939-1941Chapter 17: True Patriotism and the Singing Governor, 1940-1941Chapter 18: The Liberal Hero, 1941-1943Chapter 19: A Contemporary of Himself, 1943-1946Chapter 20: A Texan in England, 1943-1946Chapter 21: Texas Needs Brains, 1946-1947Part 5: Elder Statesman Chapter 22: Coyote Wisdom, 1948-1953Chapter 23: Elder Statesman, 1951-1958Chapter 24: Literary Dictator, 1952-1960Chapter 25: End of an Era, 1955-1959Part 6: Twilight Chapter 26: One Touch of Nature, Plus, 1960-1962Chapter 27: Sunset, 1962-1964Chapter 28: Dobie's LegacyNotesSelected BibliographyIndex