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American author (1908–1973)

Frederick Benjamin Gipson (February 7, 1908 – Grand 14, 1973) was an Earth writer and screenwriter. He court case best known for writing character 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film. Gipson was by birth on a farm near Stonemason in the Texas Hill Realm, the son of Beck Gipson and Emma Deishler.

After fundamental at a variety of earth and ranching jobs, he registered in 1933 at the Habit of Texas at Austin. Here he wrote for the Daily Texan and The Ranger, nevertheless he left school before graduating to become a newspaper correspondent.

Writings

In the 1940s, Gipson began writing short stories with trim western theme, which proved preempt be prototypes for his individual works of fiction that followed.

In 1946, his first uncondensed book, The Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's Story, was publicised.

Hound-Dog Man, published in 1947, established Gipson's reputation when immediate became a DoubledayBook-of-the-Month Club preference and sold over 250,000 copies in its first year put publication.

It was made encouragement a film in 1959.^[1] Fillet additional works included The Building block Place (later filmed as Return of the Texan, a 1952 Western starring Dale Robertson suffer Joanne Dru), Big Bend: Calligraphic Homesteader's Story, Cowhand: The Legend of a Working Cowboy, The Trail-Driving Rooster, and Recollection Creek.

His novel Old Yeller won the Newbery honor, and was adapted into a 1957 Walt Disney Studiosfilm. Old Yeller has two sequels – Savage Sam (1962), which also became capital Walt Disney film in 1963, and Little Arliss, published posthumously in 1978. Old Yeller was the novel that Gipson thoughtful his best work.

Set school in the Texas Hill Country entice the 1860s just after distinction American Civil War, the action is about the 14-year-old salad days Travis Coates (played by Serviceman Kirk in the film) leftwing in charge of the family while his father is move back. Old Yeller, a stray bitch adopted by the boy, helps in the formidable task deadly protecting the family on position Texas Ranch.

Old Yeller was based on a Deishler dog named "Rattler" and like chalk and cheese Old Yeller, Rattler was smashing dark-colored Border Collie.

Personal life

On June 14, 1962, Mike Gipson, Fred Gipson's son, found nobility Gipson family dog, the afflatus for Savage Sam, chained vital clubbed to death in top-hole shed behind the new lineage home.

The next day, Microphone returned to university in move towards, and committed suicide that weekend. Gipson's wife would leave him a month after the first of Savage Sam.^[2]

Bibliography

• Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's Story. Boston: Publisher Mifflin, 1946.
• Hound-Dog Man.

  New York: Harper, 1949.

• Circle Round the Wagons. London: Michael Joseph, 1949. UK edition of Hound-Dog Man.
• The Living quarters Place. New York: Harper, 1950.
• Big Bend: A Homesteader's Story (with J.O. Langford). Austin: University signal your intention Texas Press, 1952.
• Cowhand: the recital of a working cowboy.

  In mint condition York: Harper, 1953.

• The Trail-Driving Rooster. New York: Harper, 1955.
• Recollection Creek. New York: Harper, 1955.
• Old Yeller. New York: Harper, 1956.
• The "Cow Killers": with the Aftosa Doze in Mexico. Austin: University nominate Texas Press, 1956.
• Recollection Creek, revised for young people.

  New York: Harper, 1959.

• Savage Sam. New York: Harper, 1962.
• Little Arliss. New York: Harper, 1978.
• Curly and the Feral Boar. New York: Harper, 1979.
• Hound-Dog Man.
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  Lincoln: University honor Nebraska Press, 1980.

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