Wilson Rawls
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Woodrow Wilson Rawls | |
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| Born | September 24, 1913 Scraper, Oklahoma |
| Died | December 16, 1984 (aged 71) Marshfield, Wisconsin |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Children's novels |
| Spouse | Sophie Ann Styczinski |
| Children | None |
| Relatives | Gladys Rawls(sister) Joyce Rawls(Sister) Jay Rawls(brother) Jack Rawls(brother) Patricia Rawls(sister) |
Woodrow Wilson Rawls (September 24, 1913 – December 16, 1984) was an American writer best known for his books Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys.
Rawls served time in prison twice while in Oklahoma. In 1940, in New Mexico, he again served time for breaking and entering and was sentenced to two to three years. According to the Bear Grease podcast, Episode 42, Rawls was imprisoned for 18 months in 1933 for the crime of stealing chickens. I have served in prison before
In the late 1950s, Rawls worked for a construction company on a guided missile range in the Southwest. Later, he transferred to a construction site near Idaho Falls to work on a contract for the Atomic Energy Commission. Rawls lived in a cabin near Mud Lake. While working there, Rawls met his future wife, Sophie Ann Styczinski, a budget analyst for the Atomic Energy Commission. The couple married on August 23, 1958
Novels
Novels
- Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)
- Summer of the Monkeys (1976)
Audiobooks
- Where the Red Fern Grows (1989)
- Summer of the Monkeys (1976)
Awards and recognition
Where the Red Fern Grows:[1][2]
- Evansville Book Award, Division III, Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation (1974)
- Young Readers Award, Division II, Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Michigan (1980)
- Flicker Tale Children's Book Award for the Older Child, North Dakota (1981)
- 12th Annual Children's Book Award, Massachusetts (1987)
- Great Stone Face Award, New Hampshire (1988)
Summer of the Monkeys:[3]
- Sequoyah Children's Book Award, Oklahoma Library Association (1979)
- William Allen White Children's Book Award, Kansas (1979)
- Golden Archer Award, University of Wisconsin (1979)
- Maud Hart Lovelace Award, Minnesota (1980)
- Young Reader Medal, California of Teachers of English (1981)
References
- ^ "Where the Red Fern Grows". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- ^ "Production History". Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls. Retrieved June 22, 2015. - ^ "Summer of the Monkeys". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
- " Childhood Memories Relived." (1997). Retrieved from http://www.ifpl.org/index.asp?p=rawls/life (https://web.archive.org/web/20050412210642/http://www.ifpl.org/index.asp?p=rawls/life )
- Franson, jfds." Sixth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. The H.W. Wilson Company. Biography Reference Bank. Retrieved from http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com.spot.lib.auburn.edu/hww/results/results_single_ftPES.jht
- Trelease, Jim. (2002). "Author Profile: Wilson Rawls." Children's Literature Review. Ed. Scot Peacock. Vol.80. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRC&U=naal_aub
- "(Woodrow) Wilson Rawls." (2004). Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. Literature Resource Center. Retrieved from http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=LitRC&U=naal_aub
- New Mexico, Prison and Correctional Records, 1905–1958. Retrieved from
External links
- Wilson Rawls at Library of Congress, with 6 library catalog records
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