![]() And seriously, how can you not love a story about a cute little kid and his two adorable hound puppies. It was huge when it was published in 1961, and it is still huge today. Today, we know the story as Where the Red Fern Grows. Well, Rawls kind of hit it out of the park on the first try. His first rewritten and edited story, "The Hounds of Youth," was published in 1961 by The Saturday Evening Post. But first, she agreed to edit all his work before sending it to publishers. When his wife found out about his dream, she encouraged him to write a novel. It might save you some heartache.Įnter Mrs. Moral of the story, Shmoopers: teach yourself some grammar. ![]() At one point, he got so discouraged that he burned everything. When he did get up the nerve to submit them to publishers, they came back rejected. He was so ashamed of his spelling and grammar that he tucked his stories away in a trunk (literally). See, Rawls never had any formal education. ![]() It's safe to say that Rawls would never have been a writer without his wife. Well, putting aside the horribly sexist nature of this statement, it's kind of true in Wilson Rawls's case. You know what they say: behind every great man is a great woman. ![]()
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