News 88.7 in partnership with Humanities Texas launches Texas Originals — a new weekly radio segment profiling individuals whose lives and achievements have had a profound influence upon Texas history and culture.
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James Frank Dobie, The 'Storyteller Of The Southwest'
James Frank Dobie September 26, 1888–September 18, 1964 Called 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... Read More