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  Fred Gipson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gipson was born on a farm near Mason, Texas, the son of Beck and Emma Deishler Gipson.
Fred Gipson was the recipient of the William Allen White Award, the first Sequoyah Award, the Television-Radio Annual Writers Award, and the Northwest Pacific Award.
According to one critic, Gipson "made the term 'Southwest literature' legitimate and meaningful" and "accomplished the rare but admirable feat of turning the bits and pieces of folklore into myth." His novels were translated into Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fred_Gipson   (409 words)

  
 Fred Gipson Papers, Biographical Sketch
Frederick Benjamin Gipson, journalist and author of western and children's literature, was born February 7, 1908, near Mason, Texas.
In 1967 Gipson was married to Angelina Torres.
Gipson died at his ranch in Mason County on August 17, 1973, and was, by special proclamation of the governor, buried in the State Cemetery in Austin, Texas.
www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/gipson.bio.html   (513 words)

  
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Frederick (Fred) Benjamin Gipson, author, was born on a farm near Mason, Texas, on February 7, 1908, the son of Beck and Emma Deishler Gipson.
Gipson was the recipient of the William Allen White Award, the first Sequoyah Award, the Television-Radio Annual Writers Award, and the Northwest Pacific Award.
Gipson died at his ranch near Mason on August 14, 1973, and by a special proclamation of the governor was buried in the State Cemetery in Austin.
www.cemetery.state.tx.us /pub/user_form.asp?step=1&pers_id=2409   (561 words)

  
 Fred Gipson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Gipson was born on a farm near Mason, EHandler: no quick summary.
(Gipson began writing short stories with a western theme which proved to be prototypes for his longer works of fiction that followed.
Fred Gipson was the recipient of the William Allen White Award, EHandler: no quick summary.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/F/Fr/Fred_Gipson.htm   (735 words)

  
 Fred Gipson Papers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Texas novelist and journalist Frederick Benjamin Gipson was born February 7, 1908, in Mason, TX, and is best known for his novel, Old Yeller.
Gipson went on to publish many more fiction and non-fiction works, winning numerous awards, and garnering special recognition for Old Yeller, which was pronounced a classic almost immediately after its publication in 1956.
Although many of his fictional works were written for young audiences, "Fred Gipson's tales of the Texas hill country have charmed young and old, in print and film, for more than three decades (He) was a top-notch storyteller, he had a good ear for dialect and a light hand in transcribing it.
www.library.txstate.edu /swwc/archives/writers/gipson.html   (482 words)

  
 The Boiling Point: May 2005
Fred and his little brother slept on the back porch of their family's modest two-bedroom home in Mason.
Gipson changed every kid's life when he created a cash-poor ranching family in the 1860's who lived near a frontier settlement in Texas, and dropped Old Yeller into their lives.
Fred Gipson, in his old age, still mustered the energy to spend hours at a time fishing in his beloved Llano River near his home.
dboilingpoint.blogspot.com /2005_05_01_dboilingpoint_archive.html   (12393 words)

  
 fred gipson ... at MSN Shopping
Blackie takes Cotton and his best friend Spud, and Spud's little feist-dog Snuffy, on a series of adventures that include a show-down with a bull, a wrestling match with a turkey gobbler, and the search for a dog Cotton can call his own.
Fred Gipson was born and raised in the Texas hill country.
He was made famous by Old Yeller and Savage Sam, but said that he liked Hound-dog Man the best of any book he wrote.
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 Fred Gipson: An Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
The Fred Gipson Papers, 1920-1973 (34 boxes), include manuscripts, drafts, correspondence, contracts, financial and legal documents, and photographs that document his life as one of the most prolific writers of the American Southwest.
The Gipson papers represent aspects of his work and life from his early childhood to his death in 1973.
Beyond the study of Gipson and his writings during part of the most prolific times of his life, this collection also provides insight into the process of writing and publishing popular western and children's literature in the last half of the twentieth century.
www.lib.utexas.edu /taro/uthrc/00045/00045-P.html   (2202 words)

  
 Book Report
Old Yeller was the novel that Gipson considered his best work; it sold nearly three million copies by 1937.
This book, "Old Yeller", by Fred Gipson, is one that many of you can relate.
An animal with rabies bites the family cow and in trying to save the family from her, Old Yeller is hurt.
www.utm.edu /staff/jimnance/jimnance/nancy5.htm   (1801 words)

  
 Old Yeller, Fred Gipson - HarperAcademic
Old Yeller, Fred Gipson secured his place as one of the finest novelists in America.
Told in simple, straightforward, yet heartwarming prose, the novel explores the pure love and respect that can develop between a human being and an animal.
Fred Gipson beautifully renders each scene and fills the novel with many important lessons about family, responsibility, respect for nature, and what it means to be an adult.
www.harperacademic.com /catalog/instructors_guide_xml.asp?isbn=0064403823   (1260 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Old Yeller: Books: Fred Gipson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Author Fred Gipson perfectly captures the time period of Texas in the late 1800's and the challenges of daily life.
Into the mix of chores and adventures on the farm is the universal bond of a boy and his dog.
Fred Gipson wrote a classic for all time for peoples all over the world.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0064403823?v=glance   (1482 words)

  
 Old Yeller (1957 film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Old Yeller is a classic 1957 film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters by Buena Vista Distribution.
The dog character which starred, Old Yeller, was introduced in the 1956 book, Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson (Frederick Benjamin Gipson).
The book won the Newbery Honor the following year and was made into the film, Old Yeller, which was set in post-Civil War Texas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Yeller_(1957_film)   (393 words)

  
 She Likes DVDs reviews Old Yeller; DVD reviews for women from a woman's point of view
Based on the novel by Fred Gipson, Old Yeller tells the story of the Coates family in post-Civil War Texas.
First there are the galleries, which contain still shots, cast bios that are easy to read, and children’s fan letters to Fred Gipson.
Gipson’s son spoke at the dedication, as did First Lady Laura Bush.
www.shelikesdvds.com /Reviews/old_yeller.htm   (1059 words)

  
 Old Yeller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In the hands of Walt Disney, Fred Gipson’s beloved children’s book became one of the world’s most beloved family films.
There are interviews with Gipson’s son, T. Beck Gipson, Fess Parker, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Bob Weatherwax, and actress Beverly Washburn (who played Lisbeth Searcy).
There are galleries of production stills, publicity, plates from “Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales” comic book edition of Old Yeller., advertising, fan letter to Gipson about the book from children, press invitations to the opening, press book, and a screenplay excerpt, as well as cast biographies.
www.classicsondvd.com /yeller.htm   (855 words)

  
 Fred Gipson: HarperCollins Publishers Authors and Illustrators
Since its publication in 1956, Old Yeller has won countless awards, including the 1957 Newbery Honor.
Gipson's other works include both fiction and non-fiction.
He grew up in the Texas hill country and died in 1973.
www.harpercollinschildrens.com /HarperChildrens/Kids/AuthorsAndIllustrators/ContributorDetail.aspx?CId=3646   (70 words)

  
 One note about the logo to the left
She was a real estate appraiser and broker during the mid 80s but returned to the public school system for a more stable income while raising her two daughters.
Beck was raised in Mason, Texas, on a ranch that sat on the Llano River.
He is the son of the late Fred Gipson.
home.austin.rr.com /hlracing/gre/gre_about.htm   (317 words)

  
 Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and Steven Polson from HarperCollins Publishers
The foregoing is excerpted from Old Yeller by Fred Gipson and Steven Polson.
But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a...
"Gipson again has given us a purely wonderful trunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation."--Chicago Sunday Tribune...
www.harpercollins.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0060935472&tc=cx   (1003 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: GIPSON, FREDERICK BENJAMIN
By 1944 Gipson had published a story in the Southwest Review.qv Many of his short stories appearing in that journal in the 1940s were prototypes for the longer works of fiction that followed.
Gipson died at his ranch near Mason on August 14, 1973, and by a special proclamation of the governor was buried in the State Cemetery
Glen E. Lich, Fred Gipson at Work (College Station: Texas AandM University Press, 1990).
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/GG/fgi32.html   (669 words)

  
 DVDivas.net
Telling Fred Gipson's heartwarming and heartwrenching tale of a simple life where hardships are learned with true impact and understanding, the film has endured the challenges of time and modern film to remain one of the best films ever made.
Written in 1956 and selling over three million copies by 1973, "Old Yeller" was the book Gipson considered his best work.
Here, we are introduced to the Coates family, who have settled on land in Texas and have made themselves a home.
www.dvdivas.net /movies/reviews/o/oldyeller.html   (1152 words)

  
 eBay - Book: Savage Sam (ISBN: 0060803770)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
But it's mainly about Sam, on account of without him, there wouldn't have been much of a tale to tell or anybody left to tell it.
Savage Sam by Frank Gipson, Fred Gipson (1976)
BookMarz-II Savage Sam by Frank Gipson, Fred Gipson (1976)
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 eBay - fred gipson, Antiquarian Collectible, Children's Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Recollection Creek by Fred Gipson HB pic cover
NEW - Old Yeller by Fred Gipson; Steven Polson
Reader's Digest May 1945 Fred Gipson Lloyds Of London +
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With Old Yeller,Fred Gipsin secured his place as one of the finest novelists in America.
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 Watch out Lassie Here Comes Old Yeller Old Yeller by Fred Gipson is a book about a boy and his dog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Watch out Lassie Here Comes Old Yeller Old Yeller by Fred Gipson is a book about a boy and his dog
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson is a book about a boy and his dog.
Find out in Old Yeller by Fred Gipson.
www.garvy.cps.k12.il.us /jade.htm   (242 words)

  
 TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Mongrel Hero -- Jul. 23, 1956   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
OLD YELLER (158 pp.)—Fred Gipson —Harper ($2.75).All books about faithful dogs have one thing in common: almost complete immunity from literary criticism.
Who would be rash enough to examine the soft underbelly of Bob, Son of Battle or cock an ear to the corny notes in The Voice of Bugle Ann?
Texas Author Fred Gipson, onetime newsman and veteran of the pulps, has written double insurance into his third novel.
www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,865410,00.html   (155 words)

  
 eBay - Book: Old Yeller (ISBN: 0060935472)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.
Old Yeller by Frederick Benjamin Gipson, Steven Pols...
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 Ancestors of Fredrick James Gipson
Frederick J. Gipson, age 37, of 843 Nederland Avenue, Port Arthur died 10:30pm at St. Mary hospital.
A native of Tennessee, he lived in Port Arthur since 1921.
Survived by two sons, Jimmy and Tommy Gene Gipson, both of Woodville, TX., and his mother, Mrs.
www.geocities.com /jimgip@sbcglobal.net/674.htm   (109 words)

  
 Maurice Crain Papers 1946-1970.
Williams, Annie Laurie.; Gilbreth, Frank B. (Frank Bunker), 1911-; Carey, Ernestine Gilbreth.; Goode, Ruth.; Gipson, Fred, 1908-; Green, John.; Literature, American--20th century.; Authors, American--20th century.; Literature publishing--New York (N.Y.); Financial records.; Literary agents.
Maurice Crain was the husband of Annie Laurie Williams.
Among the novelists and short story writers included in the collection are Frank Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Ruth Goode, Fred Gipson, and John Green.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/eresources/archives/collections/html/4078662.html   (75 words)

  
 "Old Yeller" / a review from Christian Spotlight on the Movies
But it's definitely a worthwhile family film from both an entertainment and a lesson-teaching standpoint.
For another family activity, the original novel by Fred Gipson is an interesting read.
It differs a little from the screenplay and is written in the first person (narrated by Travis), in a backwoods dialect.
www.christiananswers.net /spotlight/movies/pre2000/oldyeller.html   (257 words)

  
 Literature: "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson | eThemes | eMINTS
Home » eThemes » Literature: "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
These sites are about the book "Old Yeller" and the author Fred Gipson.
Included are sites with study questions, vocabulary, tests, quizzes, graphic organizers, as well as information on rabies, life in the 1860's, and cattle drives.
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