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Wilson Rawls was born on 24 September, 1913 in Scraper, Oklahoma, is an American children's writer. Discover Wilson Rawls's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

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Occupation Author
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 24 September 1913
Birthday 24 September
Birthplace Scraper, Oklahoma
Date of death 16 December, 1984
Died Place Marshfield, Wisconsin
Nationality United States

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1913

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.

Woodrow Wilson Rawls was born in the Ozark Mountains near Scraper, Oklahoma in 1913, to parents Minzy Rawls and Winnie Hatfield Rawls.

His family's farm was located on his mother's Cherokee government allotment.

When Rawls was 16, the United States economy entered the Great Depression, prompting his family to leave their Oklahoma home for California; however, the family's convertible broke down near Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Rawls's father found a job at the nearby toothpaste factory.

Despite his sporadic formal education, Rawls was taught to read by his mother and developed a love of books after reading the wilderness adventure novels of Jack London.

1930

In the 1930s and 1940s, Rawls became a carpenter and traveled to South America, Canada, and Alaska.

He wrote five manuscripts during this period, including an early version of Where the Red Fern Grows.

Rawls's scripts contained many spelling and grammatical errors and no punctuation.

Because of this, he kept the manuscripts hidden in a trunk in his father's workshop.

Rawls served time in prison twice while in Oklahoma.

1933

According to the Bear Grease podcast, Episode 42, Rawls was imprisoned for 18 months in 1933 for the crime of stealing chickens.

1940

In 1940, in New Mexico, he again served time for breaking and entering and was sentenced to two to three years.

During this term in prison, he worked to refine his writing skills, though he still felt that his lack of formal education meant that the novels were not fit for publication.

1950

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.

1958

The couple married on August 23, 1958.

Prior to his marriage, Rawls destroyed all his hidden manuscripts, embarrassed for his wife to read them.

Learning of this, Sophie encouraged Rawls to recreate one of the stories.

Rawls allegedly completed the 35,000 word manuscript in three weeks.

1961

Sophie assisted him in editing the manuscript and submitted it to the Saturday Evening Post, which published it in three parts under the title "The Hounds of Youth" in 1961.

Doubleday purchased the story and published it as Where the Red Fern Grows.

Where the Red Fern Grows:

Summer of the Monkeys: