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The Mustangs
J. Frank Dobie’s history of the “mustang”—from the Spanish mesteña, an animal belonging to (but strayed from) the Mesta, a medieval association of Spanish farmers—tells of its …
Cow People
Cow People records the fading memories of a bygone Texas, the reminiscences of the cow people themselves. These are the Texans of the don't-fence-me-in era, their faces pinched by …
Coyote Wisdom
This especially substantial folkish son-of-a-gun stew concocted by J. Frank Dobie and associates is distinguished by a wide variety of materials, ranging from the simplest …
Apache Gold and Yaqui Silver
Buried vaults stacked with gold bars, secret caches of coins and jewels plundered from the Spaniards and the Church, exposed veins of ore with nuggets the size of turkey eggs. …
The Best Novels and Stories of Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Eugene Manlove Rhodes's masterpiece, "Pasó Por Aquí", opens this collection of his short novels and stories, set in New Mexico, where he lived during the 1880s and 1890s. J. Frank …
Guide de la vie et de la littérature du Sud-Ouest, avec quelques observations
Ce livre classique a t initialement publi il y a des d cennies sous le titre " Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations . Il a maintenant t …
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations
Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations, a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so …
The Longhorns
The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the world has known. These wiry, intractable beasts were themselves pioneers in a harsh land, moving elementally …
Southwestern Lore
A Publication of the Texas Folklore Society, Southwestern Lore is about as representative as such a miscellany could be. Bad men, razorbacked hogs, Mexican sheep-herders, treasure …
Coronado's Children
Written in 1930, Coronado's Children was one of J. Frank Dobie's first books, and the one that helped gain him national prominence as a folklorist. In it, he recounts the tales and …
John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters, His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings
I’ll Tell You a Tale
I'll Tell You a Tale is a garland of some of Frank Dobie's best writing, put together by Isabel Gaddis, one of his former students at the University of Texas. The tales included …