Fred Gipson was the American author who wrote the beloved novel Old Yeller in 1956. The novel won the Newbery Medal in 1957. Born Frederick Benjamin Gipson in the Texas Hill Country, he attended the University of Texas at Austin.
Gipson began his writing career as a journalist, before trying his hand at short stories with western themes in the 1940s. His first novel, titled The Fabulous Empire: Colonel Zack Miller's Story, was published in 1946. Gipson next received acclaim for Hound-Dog Man and The Home Place, and the novels were adapted into major motion pictures.
The 1957 film adaptation of Old Yeller by Walt Disney Studios is considered by many to be Gipson's finest work. The novel is a coming-of-age story set in Texas and features a stray dog that endears itself to the family of the teen protagonist, Travis Coates.
Gipson received numerous literary awards. He died at his ranch in Mason, Texas in 1973; two additional children's novels were published posthumously.
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