Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations


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Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations, a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.




Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations


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Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations


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Highlights the full text of the book "Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest," by American author J. Frank Dobie (1888-1964). Offers bibliographical listings of materials on the American southwest, including the Indian culture, how the early settlers lived, women pioneers, pioneer doctors, range life, Negro folk songs and tales, and the Santa Fe Trail, among others.







Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest


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STEPHEN F. AUSTIN wanted to exclude lawyers, along with roving frontiersmen, from his colonies in Texas, and hoped thus to promote a utopian society. The lawyers got in, however. Their wit, the anecdotes of which they were both subject and author, and the political stories they made traditional from the stump, have not been adequately set down.




Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations


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This guide book is a bibliography of books about the American West by various authors, compiled by the literary critic J. Franck Dobie. The list is subdivided along themes associated with the different aspects of life in the West such as Native American culture, Spanish influences, French influences, Texas Rangers, Missionaries, Women pioneers and Mountain men culture, among others. Each aspect is preceded by a brief discussion of the topic before the list of books themed on the subject.