Dobie, J(ames) Frank (1888-1964)

US author and folklorist. He published 30 volumes of southwestern lore and history. He held a long tenure as a professor of English at the University of Texas and he won the presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964.

He was born in Live Oak County, Texas. He wrote A Vaquero of the Brush Country (1929) and Cow People (1964). His time at the University of Texas was marked by legendary political battles, frequent leaves, and finally dismissal.