William O. Steele

William Owen Steele (December 22, 1917 – June 25, 1979) was an American author from Tennessee.

William O. Steele
Born
William Owen Steele

December 22, 1917[1]
Franklin, Tennessee
DiedJune 25, 1979(1979-06-25) (aged 61)
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
OccupationAuthor
Spouse(s)Mary Quintard Govan
Parent(s)Core Steele
Sue Steele

Biography

Early life

William O. Steele was born in 1917 in Franklin, Tennessee. He was the son of Core and Sue. He spent a large amount of his youth exploring the woods around his home. This led to an interest in the history of the area and of its pioneers.

Career

He became the author of thirty-nine books. He wrote his historical adventure stories in his home on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, which was the setting for many of his fiction stories. His book, The Perilous Road, which was published in 1958, won the Newbery Honor in 1959. Winter Danger earned the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1962.[2]

Personal life

He was married to another author, Mary Quintard Govan.

Death

He died in 1979.

Partial bibliography
  • The Golden Root (1951)
  • The Buffalo Knife (1952)
  • Over-Mountain Boy (1952)
  • John Sevier Pioneer Boy (1953)
  • Wilderness Journey (1953)
  • Winter Danger (1954)
  • Tomahawks and Trouble (1955)
  • Davy Crockett's Earthquake (1956)
  • De Soto Child of the Sun (1956)
  • Lone Hunt (1956)
  • Daniel Boone's Echo (1957)
  • Flaming Arrows (1957)
  • The Perilous Road (1958)
  • Andy Jackson's Water Well (1959)
  • The Spooky Thing (1960)
  • Francis Marion Young Swamp Fox (1962)
  • The No-Name Man of the Mountain (1964)
  • Old Wilderness Road (1968)
  • The Man with the Silver Eyes (1976)
  • Cherokee Crown of Tannassy (1977)
  • The Magic Amulet (1979)
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References
  1. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014. Social Security Administration.
  2. Winter Danger at Google Books. Retrieved 25 April 2011.


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