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In the Shadow of History
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.
186 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1939
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About the author
J. Frank Dobie
199 books51 followersCalled the "Storyteller of the Southwest," James Frank Dobie was born in 1888 on his family's cattle ranch in Live Oak County. During his long life, J. Frank Dobie would live astride two worlds: a rugged life on a Texas cattle ranch and the state's modern centers of scholarly learning.
Dobie came to Austin in 1914 to teach at the University of Texas. In time he pioneered an influential course on the literature of the Southwest. By the late 1920s, Dobie discovered his mission: to record and publicize the disappearing folklore of Texas and the greater Southwest. Dobie became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society, a position he held for 21 years.
J. Frank Dobie Dobie was a new kind of folklorist—a progressive activist. He called for UT to admit African-American students in the 1940s—long before the administration favored integration. Dobie's vocal politics led to his leaving the University in 1947, but he continued writing until his death in 1964, publishing over twenty books and countless articles.
The inscription on Dobie's headstone in the Texas State Cemetery reads: "I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth." J. Frank Dobie was not content to simply preserve Southwestern heritage within libraries and museums. He gave life to that heritage and informed generations of Texans about their rich history.
Dobie came to Austin in 1914 to teach at the University of Texas. In time he pioneered an influential course on the literature of the Southwest. By the late 1920s, Dobie discovered his mission: to record and publicize the disappearing folklore of Texas and the greater Southwest. Dobie became secretary of the Texas Folklore Society, a position he held for 21 years.
J. Frank Dobie Dobie was a new kind of folklorist—a progressive activist. He called for UT to admit African-American students in the 1940s—long before the administration favored integration. Dobie's vocal politics led to his leaving the University in 1947, but he continued writing until his death in 1964, publishing over twenty books and countless articles.
The inscription on Dobie's headstone in the Texas State Cemetery reads: "I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth." J. Frank Dobie was not content to simply preserve Southwestern heritage within libraries and museums. He gave life to that heritage and informed generations of Texans about their rich history.
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January 25, 2022
A very entertaining collection of stories, brief histories, and folk tales. Originally published in 1939 and still interesting
February 8, 2015
The book I read has this title, but is by another author,
Ludmilla Nusinov Jasenovic. It has no ISBN number, but was published in 1994 in Seminole, FL.
The subheading is "A Woman's Journey to a Free Life," and this is her memoir.
She was born on a ship in 1919 on the Black Sea during her family's escape of the Russian Revolution in the
former Yugoslavia.
She describes her experiences of determination and survival during a world war, a civil war, and the communist regime that takes her through Austria, Canada, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and eventually Florida.
This is where my mother must have heard her speak at the local public library. Her heritage is also from Croatia, and there lies the common thread.
Ludmilla's english doesn't flow, and at times made this difficult to read. Perhaps a more rigorous editing was in order. But an interesting life story, all the same.
Ludmilla Nusinov Jasenovic. It has no ISBN number, but was published in 1994 in Seminole, FL.
The subheading is "A Woman's Journey to a Free Life," and this is her memoir.
She was born on a ship in 1919 on the Black Sea during her family's escape of the Russian Revolution in the
former Yugoslavia.
She describes her experiences of determination and survival during a world war, a civil war, and the communist regime that takes her through Austria, Canada, North Carolina, Washington, DC, and eventually Florida.
This is where my mother must have heard her speak at the local public library. Her heritage is also from Croatia, and there lies the common thread.
Ludmilla's english doesn't flow, and at times made this difficult to read. Perhaps a more rigorous editing was in order. But an interesting life story, all the same.
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