10 Interesting Wilson Rawls Facts

Friday, May 12th 2017. | People


Wilson Rawls Facts tell the readers about the American writer. He was born on 28th September 1969 and died on 16th December 1984. His full name was Woodrow Wilson Rawls. Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys are the two prominent books, which have been written by Rawls. The economy of United States was in the state of depression when Rawls was 16 years old. Thus, his family had to relocate to California from Oklahoma. When the family reached near Albuquerque, New Mexico, the convertible broke down. His father got a job here.

Wilson Rawls Facts 1: the early job

Rawls found a job as a carpenter when he reached adulthood in 1930s until 1940s. He traveled to a number of regions such as Alaska, Canada and South America.

Wilson Rawls Facts 2: manuscripts

Rawls created four manuscripts during the period of 1930s until 1940s. One of his famous manuscripts written during the period was Where the Red Fern Grows.  The common mistakes found in the earlier versions of his manuscripts included the absence of punctuation, grammatical and spelling errors.

Facts about Wilson Rawls

Facts about Wilson Rawls

Wilson Rawls Facts 3: hiding the manuscripts

Rawls kept his manuscripts in the workshop of his father because of those reasons. Get facts about William Wallace here.

Wilson Rawls Facts 4: the next jobs

Rawls worked in Southwest for a construction company in the end of 1950s. Then he had a contract with Atomic Energy Commission to work on a construction site located nearby Idaho Falls.

Wilson Rawls Image

Wilson Rawls Image

Wilson Rawls Facts 5: Sophie Ann Styczinski

Sophie Ann Styczinski was the wife of Rawls. Both met when Rawls worked had a job nearby Idaho Falls. On 23rd August 1958, both of them married.

Wilson Rawls Facts 6: as a motivational speaker

Rawls appeared to become a motivational speaker in his later life even though his novels were well received by the commoners and critics.

Wilson Rawls Facts

Wilson Rawls Facts

Wilson Rawls Facts 7: cancer

In 1983, Rawls was diagnosed with cancer. Before he was ill, he travelled to 22 states to visit 2,000 schools.

Wilson Rawls Facts 8: statue

If you come to the Public Library in Idaho Falls, you will spot the statue of characters found in “Where the Red Fern Grows” by Rawls. Look at facts about William Penn here.

Wilson Rawls

Wilson Rawls

Wilson Rawls Facts 9: the creator of the statue

Marilyn Hoff Hansen is the sculptor who created the statue under the title ‘”Dreams Can Come True” Wilson Rawls author of Where the Red Fern Grows.’

Wilson Rawls Facts 10: novels

In 1961, he published Where the Red Fern Grows. In 1976, another novel under the title summer of the Monkeys was published in the market.

Facts about Wilson Rawls

Facts about Wilson Rawls

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