"Gipson, Frederick Benjamin (full name)"@en . "Gipson, Fred"@en . . "Frederick Benjamin \"Fred\" Gipson (February 7, 1908 \u2013 August 14, 1973) was an American author. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film. Gipson was born on a farm near Mason in the Texas Hill Country, the son of Beck Gipson and Emma Deishler. After working at a variety of farming and ranching jobs, he enrolled in 1933 at the University of Texas at Austin."@en . "1908-02-07Z"^^ . "American fiction writer" . "1908Z"^^ . "1973Z"^^ . . . "1973-08-14Z"^^ .