Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures

J. Frank Dobie

U.T. Press

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 are those the author himself liked best, and he even rewrote some of them especially for this anthology. Ben Carlton Mead has contributed 32 original line drawings to illustrate the stories. These tales spring from the soil and folklore of our land; but more than this, they make the readers contemporary with the times, filling us with the wonder of something past and yet still with us. They are arranged topically into sections whose titles speak for them: "The Longhorn Breed," "Mustangs and Mustangers," "The Saga of the Saddle," "Characters and Happenings of Long Ago," "Animals of the Wild," "In Realms of Gold," and "Ironies."

I’ll Tell You a Tale: An Anthology (The J. Frank Dobie Paperback Library)

History

Americas

University of Texas Press

Here are observations and speculations, legends and yarns, even gossip about the habits and dispositions of these extraordinary creatures—rattlesnakes—their reported size, deadliness, and power to charm their natural enemies. Here are descriptions of actual fights to the death between rattlesnakes and other animals and accounts of the strange experiences human beings have had with them, as well as tips on where to find them and how to act when you see one. Dobie began systematically collecting lore about the rattlesnake world many years ago, using some of it in such regional publications as Southwest Review and incorporating much of it into essays—with the intention of eventually putting together a book about rattlesnakes. Now, in this collection of twenty-two articles, his wish is posthumously fulfilled. Only Frank Dobie could tell of this fascinating and frightening creature with such wisdom and humor, thereby tempering "the age-old feud between the snake and man." And the rattlesnake—who once aroused fear among even the boldest men in the Old West—can at last be regarded with tolerance, respect, and even affection.

Rattlesnakes

Frank Dobie gathered stories for this book during horseback travels through the vast unpopulated mountains of Northern New Mexico, where he lingered at ranches and mining camps, absorbing the lore of the land. The vaqueros with whom he camped passed along tales of fairies, magicians, and restless spirits - the fascinating heritage of the Indian and Spanish cultures.

Tongues of the Monte

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of Texas Pr

It is for good reason that J. Frank Dobie is known as the Southwest's master storyteller. With his eye for color and detail, his ear for the rhythm of language and song, and his heart open to the simple truth of folk wisdom and ways, he movingly and unpretentiously spins the tales of our collective heritages. This he does in Tales of Old-Time Texas, a heartwarming array of twenty-eight stories filled with vivid characters, exciting historical episodes, and traditional themes. As Dobie himself says: "Any tale belongs to whoever can best tell it." Here, then, is a collection of the best Texas tales—by the Texan who can best tell them. Dobie's recollections include such classics in Lone Star State lore as the tale of Jim Bowie's knife, the legend of the Texas bluebonnet, the story of the Wild Woman of the Navidad, and the account of the headless horseman of the mustangs. Other stories in this outstanding collection regale us with odd and interesting characters and events: the stranger of Sabine Pass, the Apache secret of the Guadalupes, the planter who gambled away his bride, and the Robinhooding of Sam Bass. These stories, and many more, make Tales of Old-Time Texas a beloved classic certain to endure for generations.

Tales of Old-Time Texas

1955 Little, Brown and Co. edition, illustrated by Barbara Latham

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Little,Brown & Company

The people J Frank Dobie liked to write about during his lifetime were the men and women who came "out of the old rock" --genuine, independent, unpretentious people,specialists of one kind or another, whether that specialty was teaching or horseshoeing--people who were, above all, interesting. There are sixteen such personalities in OUT OF THE OLD ROCK: a cowboy preacher, a wildcatter, a trail driver, a gunman, an ornithologist, a rancher, a homesteader, several teachers and writers, including artist-novelist Tom Lea, historian Walter Prescott Webb, and folk singer-archivist John Lomax. Most of them Dobie knew personally, some intimately, and they come vividly alive through his portraits--in the familiar way in which a common friend may make you surprisingly knowledgeable about somebody you may never actually have met.Compiled by Frank Dobie's wife and lifelong companion, Bertha Dobie, who also provides the Introduction, this is a memorable collection by a memorable man, rich with dobie's own special brand of warm insight and humor.

Out of the Old Rock (Comstock Edition)

Comstock Editions

All pages are clean - no writing, marks, tears or creases. The cover and binding have minimal wear around the edges. The dust cover is present but worn and torn in places.

The Longhorns

LGBTQ+ Books

Literature & Fiction

Bramhall House

Coffee In The Gourd

Denton : University Of North Texas Press, [1969, C1923]

The product of over thirty years of research, this book will make you view the coyote on an entirely different plane. Dobie pens what he calls a "biography" of the coyote by tracing this mysterious and exciting animal throughout history and weaving together entertaining stories of fact, fiction, science and imagination. This collection of stories will not only make you laugh, but will introduce you to a fascinating but long-misunderstood animal. Cloth edition with color-foil stamping.

The Voice of the Coyote

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Castle Books

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Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures

I’ll Tell You a Tale: An Anthology (The J. Frank Dobie Paperback Library)

Rattlesnakes

Tongues of the Monte

Tales of Old-Time Texas

Tales of Old-Time Texas

Out of the Old Rock (Comstock Edition)

The Longhorns

Coffee In The Gourd

The Voice of the Coyote