Three Friends

Roy Bedichek J. Frank Dobie and Walter Prescott Webba naturalist a folklorist and a historianall 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.