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Harold Keith

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Harold Keith


Born
Lambert, Oklahoma Territory, The United States
Died
February 24, 1998

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Harold Keith lived his entire life in Oklahoma, a state that he greatly loved and which served as the setting for many of his books.
Perhaps his best known story, the historical novel "Rifles for Watie", was first released in 1957. It went on to win the 1958 John Newbery Medal and the 1964 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.
In 1998, Harold Keith died of congestive heart failure, in Norman, Oklahoma.
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Average rating: 3.94 · 11,070 ratings · 687 reviews · 35 distinct works
Rifles for Watie: A Grippin...

3.94 avg rating — 10,959 ratings — published 1957 — 43 editions
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Komantcia

4.50 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions
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Brief Garland

4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1971 — 6 editions
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Rifles for Watie: A Study G...

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The Obstinate Land

3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions
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The Sound of Strings: Seque...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992
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Susy's Scoundrel.

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4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions
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Will Rogers, a Boy's Life

2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings6 editions
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Forty-seven Straight: The W...

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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1984 — 3 editions
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Oklahoma Kickoff: An Inform...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions
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