Fred Gipson: Before Old Yeller

by Fred Gipson, C. Richard King (Editor)

An anthology of previously unpublished folklore by a master Texas story teller.

Fall roundup nets big herd of critters and mavericks
Sweet potatoes
Change of heat - -Registration lines don't make lucky canine lead a dog's life
Hello week tag or not
it's all the same for some people
On account of a girl, maybe you ought to know them
They're at every game
Monarch
A dissertation on 'coon hunting
For enjoyment...consider roast hill-billy gobbler
'Hard pressed' Sam
'Give or not to give' is problem for Elmer
'Blue whistler'
Zoologists work with drosophila-flies to you
About those boys who deliver papers
New boots for the bullfight
Underwear esthetics expert prefers indigenous variety
Gipson didn't use all the bull on question number 4
Gould it be those finals just driving him to drink
Gipson finds university life not good for sheepherders
Cane pole and worm can were what De Leon needed
Gipson gets here safely but he'll never be the same
Gipson comes back to school with another big fish story
Back to boyhood
Gipson covers bookstores; it's bad' in all three
Gipson hopes you had a happy turkey, too
An it came to pass that the cat jumped out
Gipson returns, finds Brinkley to re-enter U.T
Fighting Latin terms rouses proud-spirited black widow
Thet sloe-eyed gal of the blackjacks
Including one thing and then another

Hardcover

First published December 1, 1980

About the author

Also known as Frederick Benjamin Gipson. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film.

Reviews

[Sage · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really loved this book.
but, it is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sad!
i cried after i read it.

[Mushimushi052 · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABout as boy who's father has gone out of town for along period of time, then he meets a dog. But at first he hated the dog then he ends up loving the dog.

[Bishop]

sad and awsome

[Lucy Pellegrino]

nice