"An American Original: The Life of J. Frank Dobie" by Lon Tinkle, published by Little and Brown, Boston, 1978. First Edition, 1st print with copyright 1978 by the publisher, "First Edition" and printing code "T 10/78" on the copyright page; illustrated with photographs.

Original dust jacket with un-clipped price on the front flap; hard boards, gold lettering on spine; 6.1/2" x 9.1/2"; 264 pages including Index + inserted block of monochrome photographs on glossy paper; very good/ fine condition.

"An American Original is the first major biography of one of the best-loved storytellers of the American Southwest, J. Frank Dobie, who, like the people he wrote about, came "out of the old rock" : independent, unpretentious, a diligent maser of his chosen craft. Lon Tinkle, for a years a well-known, widely respected author, book critic, and teacher, explores not only the personal flavor, integrity, and imagination that made Dobie the great chronicler, folklorist, and social historian of America's frontier heritage, but also the unique individuality of the man himself, with a face seemed carved in the hill country granite, and an appearance and personality that was as natural and suited to his life's work as the mesquite soil in Texas." [from the front flap of the jacket]

"Texas' most original historian and storyteller is the focus of this fine biography. Born in 1888, this giant of a man grew up in the bleak South Texas brush country that he would later immortalize in his many books. This volume chronicles his youth, his years at the University of Texas, and his devotion to his beloved subject matter. The photos of Dobie and his family are true treasures. Any Dobie collector will want this book." [a review]

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