Written by Woodrow Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Ferns Grow was one of several unpublished novels Rawls would go back to multiple times over the course of three decades. Rawls would work on his stories in between being a carpenter and even spending time in prison in the 19030s for stealing chickens. Because of his lack of formal eduction, Rawls was very insecure about his writing and even burned his manuscripts in 1958 feeling too embarrassed by them. At the encouragement of his wife, Rawls would rewrite the story that would eventually become Where the Red Ferns Grow, published by Doubleday in 1961.
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What is the legacy of 'Where the Red Ferns Grow?'
The novel was turned into a film in 1974 starring Stewart Petersen as Billy Coleman and James Whitmore as his grandfather. In 2003, Disney remade the film starring Joseph Ashton as Billy Coleman and Dave Matthews as Will Coleman.
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