After graduating in 1926, Gipson worked as a goat driver, mule skinner, and day laborer before enrolling as a journalism major at the University of Texas in 1933.
As the son of cotton farmers, Gipson worked as a field laborer while attending Mason High School. The author died at his home near Mason, in 1973.įrom the guide to the Fred Gipson Papers, 1948-1957, (Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos)įrederick Benjamin Gipson, journalist and author of western and children's literature, was born February 7, 1908, near Mason, Texas. Old Yeller, Savage Sam, and Hound Dog Man (as Return of the Texan ) were all produced as films, working from scripts by Gipson. Pilkington, Twentieth Century Western Writers ). He handled well, if not very originally, that most familiar them in American fiction: initiation,” (William T. 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. 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. His first non-fiction book, Fabulous Empire : Colonel Zack Miller’s Story, was published in 1946, and his first fictional work, Hound-Dog Man in 1949. He began working as a freelance writer in 1940, publishing many short stories, especially in the Southwest Review. Although he did not complete his degree, he found work as a reporter for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times from 1938-40. He graduated from high school in 1926, worked various jobs until he attended the University of Texas from 1933-37. Texas novelist and journalist Frederick Benjamin Gipson was born February 7, 1908, in Mason, TX, and is best known for his novel, Old Yeller. Old Yeller, Savage Sam, and Hound Dog Man (as "Return of the Texan") were all produced as films, working from scripts by Gipson.įrom the description of Fred Gipson Papers, 1948-1957. Texas novelist and journalist Fred Gipson is best known for his novel, Old Yeller, which was pronounced a classic almost immediately after its publication in 1956. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC) University of Texas at Austin). Journalist and author of Western and children's literature.įrom the description of Papers, 1920-1973.
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