Three Friends: Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb

by William A. Owens

Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, and Walter Prescott Webb—a naturalist, a folklorist, and a historian—all taught at the University of Texas, lived only a few blocks apart, and saw each other almost every day. The true cement of their friendship, however, was the correspondence that makes up much of this book. They wrote not to exchange information, but to communicate ideas, to nail down the generalities of conversation, and, above all, to challenge, encourage, and stimulate one another. William A. Owens, who knew all three personally, has tied their letters together with his own observations and with transcripts of tape interviews with the men. The result is a unique book, a combination of biography and personal history that portrays not only the three friends, but the land they loved as well.

Genres: Biography, History

335 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1975

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Reviews

[Ralph Estes]

Dobie boring, Webb unprofessionally enamored of the Rangers of whom he wrote (although his Rangers book at least is interesting, if biased). Bedichek a hell of a writer. Bedichek was a naturalist and among Texas literati played third fiddle to Dobie and Webb, but Bedichek is the best read of them all - up there with Ben K. Green and John Graves.