resting_place death_date birth_place imagesize birth_date period spouse image article_title name occupation alma_mater
texas state cemetery 18 september 1964 live oak county , texas 200px 26 september 1888 1919 -- 1964 bertha his death -rrb- mckee dobie -lrb- married 1916 -- 1964 , j. . jpg frank dobie photo , national portrait gallery img_4376 j. frank dobie
 j. frank dobie writer southwestern university
j. frank dobie

james frank dobie -lrb- september 26 , 1888 -- september 18 , 1964 -rrb- was an american folklorist , writer , and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural texas during the days of the open range .
as a public figure , he was known in his lifetime for his outspoken liberal views against texas state politics , and for his long personal war against what he saw as bragging texans , religious prejudice , restraints on individual liberty , and the assault of the mechanized world on the human spirit .
he was instrumental in the saving of the texas longhorn breed of cattle from extinction .
