In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre

Sculptor of Austin's beloved Philosophers' Rock has died

"...folklorist J. Frank Dobie, naturalist Roy Bedichek, and historian Walter Prescott Webb. As the three made a four-decade practice..."

April 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX

Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

"...In fact, writers J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter Prescott Webb, who are now immortalized with a statue..."

Feb. 11, 2019 Arts Post by Lauren Jones

Anniversary Events

"...Philosopher's Rock: What J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter Prescott Webb mean to Austin past, present, and future,..."

Aug. 3, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology

"...from John A. Lomax's Adventures of a Ballad Hunter, Walter Prescott Webb's "The Texans Touch the Plains," and an..."

Feb. 24, 2006 Books Review by R.U. Steinberg

From Heaven to the Springs

'Nightswim' moves Barton Springs from history to literature

"...friendship of the original Austin scholarly triumvirate – historian Walter Prescott Webb, folklorist J. Frank Dobie, and naturalist Roy..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Look Out! She's Got a Gun!

Angelina Eberly returns to the scene of the crime

"...Rock statue of J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter Prescott Webb at Barton Springs. The luminaries of the..."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Articulations

Two theatre companies may have to cancel shows if they don't raise funds by a certain date; ACoT gets down to business; and Hogg Auditorium is headed for a makeover.

"...rare friendship of Roy Bedichek, J. Frank Dobie, and Walter Prescott Webb and their love of Austin, specifically Barton..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Arts Column by Robert Faires

2003 Texas Book Festival Preview

An interview with Don Graham, editor of Lone Star Literature.

"...-- but the cultures, the economies, were totally different. Walter Prescott Webb's piece in the book speaks to this..."

Nov. 7, 2003 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Salon of the West

They may not notice us every time we go to Barton Springs -- after all, they are thinking, passionate men, deep in conversation. But we sure notice them: the men at Philosophers' Rock. Who are they? And why does Austin owe them such a debt of gratitude?

"...Bedichek knew each other for 40 years. Together with Walter Prescott Webb, they comprised an intellectual triumvirate at the..."

July 4, 2003 Books Feature by Steve Moore

Have You Ever Been to Carrascolendas?

The Bilingual Education Act in 1968 sparked an unprecedented number of bilingual television programs for children, and the Austin-produced children's series Carrascolendas, which premiered in 1970, was among the first.

"...was the only theatre, writers were summed up in Walter Prescott Webb and Frank Dobie, and 'dance' summoned visions..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

An Alliance of Friends

An Alliance of Dripping Springs residents forms to defend itself against unregulated development.

"...to the land once owned by legendary Texas writer Walter Prescott Webb. Situated midway between Friendship Baptist and the..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

The Original Hipster

Chronicle writer Dick Holland on the comeback of Texan Terry Southern, the all-around bad boy of black humor

"...Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band? (A) J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek; (B) Katherine Anne Porter..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Wish You Were Here!

Austin's public art provides fodder for naughty doddering

Aug. 31, 2001 News Feature by Ada Calhoun

Postscripts

Katherine Anne Porter would have turned 101 on May 15; details in Postscripts.

"...referring to folklorist and historian J. Frank Dobie, historian Walter Prescott Webb, and naturalist Roy Bedichek, all of whom..."

May 11, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Postscripts

The eighth annual Texas Writers Month begins in a few days.

"...too: Fred Gipson (Old Yeller), J. Frank Dobie, and Walter Prescott Webb, for example. Rob Moag will be performing..."

April 27, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Notes on Mad Dogs

If you were young, talented, and a little crazy in the old Austin, you may have answered to the bizarre title of "Mad Dog."

"...unlike Texas historians J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, and Walter Prescott Webb, who mostly wrote about their predecessors. (In..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Safe Delivery

"...guns in a complex doublecross. The old Ranger reads Walter Prescott Webb and thinks of Ranger history while he..."

Dec. 1, 2000 Books Review by Mark Busby

Titles That Can't Myth

"...settlements, and almost 65 years since the publication of Walter Prescott Webb's The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier..."

May 28, 1999 Books Feature

The 50+ Books

"...The Great Plains, Walter Prescott Webb..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature

Corporate Takeover

Walter Prescott Webb Told Us So

"...As Walter Prescott Webb predicted, once corporations are granted the same..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Multimedia Plunge

Barton Springs to Life on New CD-ROM

"...written by Frech about the rocksitters, J. Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, and Roy Bedichek...."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Page Two

"...Sterling, David Lindsey, Mary Willis Walker. From Frank Dobie, Walter Prescott Webb, Roy Bedicheck, and Katherine Anne Porter through..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Column by Louis Black

Texas Book Festival

Festival Roundup

"...triumvirate of Texas writers J. Frank Dobie, Roy Bedichek, Walter Prescott Webb..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Books Feature

Literary Lone Stars Ten Best Texas Books

"...* The Texas Rangers, Walter Prescott Webb (1935). In Dobie's estimation, "The beginning, middle,..."

Feb. 16, 1996 Books Feature by Jesse Sublett

Off the Page

"...The Texas Rangers (Western Books on Tape, $17.99) by Walter Prescott Webb, has a place in this multimedia shoot-out...."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Feature

The Wild, Wired West

CD-ROMs Make Virtual History

"...Trail Drivers of Texas, all the great works by Walter Prescott Webb, J. Frank Dobie, Howard L. Lamar, Tom..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Screens Feature