Synopsis
Leonidas Warren Payne, Jr. (1873-1945), counted Robert Frost among his friends and a member of the inner circle of poets who embraced him and sought his advice. He altered forever the perception of Texas when he created the Texas Folklore Society that continues to record, publish, and promote Texas history, myth, music, and customs. He guided J. Frank Dobie back into The University of Texas fold, where Dobie produced his finest work and established a voice for Texas literature. L. W. Payne, Jr., influenced generations of American school children through his anthologies that became basic English textbooks.
Drawing upon Payne’s own writing, interviews with former colleagues and students, and private letters lain undisclosed since Payne’s death, Rare Integrity reveals a portrait of a man whose great gift of creative generosity and warmth of heart enabled him to see a person as the person wished to be seen.
About the Author
Hansen Alexander was reared on a goat farm in ruralQuaker Springs, New York. He earned hisB.A. in History from the University of Texas, and his J.D. from New York LawSchool in New York City, where he practiced law for many years. His books include the comic novels, NoWay to Treat a Womanizer, and Rat City, biographies of sports iconsTim Tebow and Roger Clemens, theromantic novel Lovers in Another Time, an introductory The Laws ofthe United States for the general reader, a biography of Texas FolkloreSociety co-founder, L.W. Payne, Jr., and an eclectic collection of humor, literaryessays, and social commentary, Confessions of a Professional Bullshitter. His wife Taube Cyrus is a poet and literary essayist.
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