JHF Chronological Biography; JHF Chronological Biography

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  • John Henry Faulk August 1913
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  • Father was a lawyer, Mother was a school teacher
  • Lived right where the LBJ library is now as a little kid.
  • Moved to south Austin
  • Lived on West Live Oak Street
  • Out of the city limits
  • South Austin as the "tacky end of town"
  • Went to Grace Methodist Church
  • Was forced to. Mother made him stay at church.
  • Used bad language in Sunday School
  • Raided the penny jar in church
  • Started school at Fullmore School on South Congress at 6. Dropped out because your weren't required to go until 7.
  • Penmanship "Push, Pull, Oval, Oval"
  • Duke of the 3rd Grade May Festival
  • Older sister Mary was named "Queen of the May"
  • "Duke John of the House of Faulk"
  • Graduated from Fullmore School in 1927
  • Went to Allen Junior High School
  • "Wonderous world of the other side of the river"
  • Dropped out of law school.
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  • Loathed & Despised Algebra
  • Was on High School paper & Calhoun Debate Society at Austin High School
  • Graduated from Austin High School in 1933
  • Went to University of Texas
  • Milked cows to put himself through school
  • John Henry Faulk's father became a socialist
  • His father was supportive of Roosevelt
  • His father believed devoutly in the genius of the American System.
  • His father believed in the perfectability of men.
  • Went to school fo 3 years & then went to law school
  • Collected folklore
  • Was a student of J. Frank Dobie
  • Dobie took a great interest in his (JHF) storytelling & interest in black folk tales.
  • Was a friend of Alan Lomax who was the son of John A. Lomax
  • Left University of Texas in June of 1936 and hitchhiked the country
  • Townsend's movement
  • Worked on National Youth Project before he left school.
  • Worked in filling stations in California
  • Wanted to go to Japan
  • Loved to memorize Shakespeare
  • Was a "blade" in San Francisco
  • Worked for the WPA for Historical Documents traveling to courthouses looking at documents.
  • "Got aquainted with Texas from the bottom up."
  • 1939 his father died
  • Got his Bachelor's and Masters degree in one year
  • Collected black folklore
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