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John Graves Timeline 1920 — Born August 6 in Fort Worth, TX; son of John Alexander and Nancy (Kay) Graves. 1942 — B.A., Rice University. 1941-45 — U.S. Marine Corps; receives Purple Heart; becomes captain; 1948 — M.A., Columbia University. 1948-50 — University of Texas at Austin, instructor in English. 1958 — Graves marries Jane Marshall Cole; children: Helen, Sally. 1958-65 — Texas Christian University, adjunct professor of English. 1960 — Goodbye to a River: A Narrative; Texas 1961 — Goodbye to a River: A Narrative wins Collins Award, Texas Institute of Letters (TIL). 1963 — Guggenheim fellow. 1965-68 — U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, DC, writer and consultant. 1967 — The Creek and the City: Urban Pressures on a Natural Stream, Rock Creek Park and Metropolitan Washington, Department of the Interior. 1968 — The Nation’s River. 1972 — Growing Up in Texas (with others), Rockefeller fellow. 1973 — The Water Hustlers (with Robert Boyle and T. H. Watkins). 1974 — Hard Scrabble: Observations on a Patch of Land. 1974 — The Last Running, Encino Press (Austin), published as The Last Running: A Story. 1975 — Hard Scrabble wins Parkman Prize, TIL. 1975 — Texas Heartland: A Hill Country Year (with Jim Bones, Jr.). 1980 — From a Limestone Ledge: Some Essays and Other Ruminations about Country Life in Texas. 1981 — Blue and Some Other Dogs. 1983 — Lon Tinkle Distinguished Achievement Award, TIL; Distinguished Alumni Award, Rice University; D.Litt., Texas Christian University. 1996 — A John Graves Reader. 2000 — Bookend Award, Texas Book Festival; John Graves and the Making of Goodbye to a River: Selected Letters, 1957-1960, edited by Dave Hamrick. 2002 — Texas Rivers, photographs by Wyman Meinzer. 2003 — Texas Hill Country, photographs by Wyman Meinzer. 2004 — Myself and Strangers: A Memoir of Apprenticeship. 2007 — John Graves, Writer, edited by Mark Busby and Terrell Dixon. — Mark Busby |
