{"product_id":"rare-integrity-29-hansen-alexander-9781574418422","title":"Rare Integrity, 29: A Portrait of L. W. Payne, Jr.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeonidas 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 rescued J. Frank Dobie and brought him home to Texas, where he 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePayne dedicated his life to his students at The University of Texas, those he called the other 95 percent who would go back to their towns, cities, and farms and make good citizens and rear healthy and lovely children. Robert Frost expanded on Payne's philosophy and added that out of the 95 percent would come most of the poets, novelists, sculptors, architects, and artists our nation was destined to produce. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon Payne's own writing, interviews with former colleagues and students, and private letters lain undisclosed since Payne's death, \u003ci\u003eRare Integrity\u003c\/i\u003e 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. Hansen Alexander follows Payne from his beginnings in Auburn, Alabama, where he discovered his affinity for literature, through his hazardous journey during a yellow fever epidemic to marry his sweetheart, his education, and final move to Austin, Texas. There Payne made his home, reared his family, and reached out to befriend and defend a new generation of poets to bring their work to life for students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlexander chronicles Professor Payne's struggle to guide J. Frank Dobie back into The University of Texas fold without compromising Dobie or the university. Alexander lays to rest, for the first time, the quarrel that never existed between Frost and Payne, a mythical quarrel created and perpetuated by Frost biographers. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hansen Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1574418424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781574418422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Hansen Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43988539834623,"sku":"9781574418422","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_98e0eb34-5e72-46c9-98a6-1582cc47a1fd.jpg?v=1683295023","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rare-integrity-29-hansen-alexander-9781574418422","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}