
Three Friends
Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb
William A. Owens(Author)
University of Texas Press
Published on 1. January 1975
Book
Paperback/Softback
335 pages
978-0-292-78012-5 (ISBN)
Description
Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, and Walter Prescott Webb-a naturalist, a folklorist, and a historian-all taught at the University of Texas, lived only a few blocks apart, and saw each other almost every day. The true cement of their friendship, however, was the correspondence that makes up much of this book. They wrote not to exchange information, but to communicate ideas, to nail down the generalities of conversation, and, above all, to challenge, encourage, and stimulate one another.
William A. Owens, who knew all three personally, has tied their letters together with his own observations and with transcripts of tape interviews with the men. The result is a unique book, a combination of biography and personal history that portrays not only the three friends, but the land they loved as well.
William A. Owens, who knew all three personally, has tied their letters together with his own observations and with transcripts of tape interviews with the men. The result is a unique book, a combination of biography and personal history that portrays not only the three friends, but the land they loved as well.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
426 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-292-78012-5 (9780292780125)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Person
William A. Owens, professor emeritus at Columbia University, is the author of many books on the history and folklore of the Southwest and was, as a young man, an employee under Bedichek's supervision in the University of Texas Division of Extension.
Content
I. A Truckload of Living
II. Pioneers of Brush and Plain
III. School Bells and the Varmint's Cry
IV. Up to the University
V. Mavericks Roam the Forty Acres
VI. Friday Mountain Boys
VII. Talk Swapping
VIII. Texans Abroad
IX. A Book Corralled
X. Books, Books, Books
XI. Westward Slopes
XII. Acknowledgments; Bibliographies; Notes
II. Pioneers of Brush and Plain
III. School Bells and the Varmint's Cry
IV. Up to the University
V. Mavericks Roam the Forty Acres
VI. Friday Mountain Boys
VII. Talk Swapping
VIII. Texans Abroad
IX. A Book Corralled
X. Books, Books, Books
XI. Westward Slopes
XII. Acknowledgments; Bibliographies; Notes