Harold Keith

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Harold Keith the Newbery Medal winning author (1903 - 24 February 1998) Born and raised, lived and died in Oklahoma, the state was his abiding passion. He used Oklahoma as the settings for all his books.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2.1 Published works 2.2 Cassette Recordings

[edit] Biography

Harold was born 1903 in Lambert, Oklahoma Territory. From 1922-1923, he was a teacher in the Aorita Consolidated School System. Keith served as the University of Oklahoma Sports Publicity Director from 1930-1969. He died in Norman, Oklahoma of congestive heart failure on the 24 February 1998. He won the 1958 Newbery Medal for Rifles for Watie.

[edit] Works

[edit] Published works

• 1937: Will Rogers, a Boy's Life, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell
• 1941: Sports and Games, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell
• 1951: A Pair of Captains, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell
• 1957: Rifles for Watie, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell (1958 Newbery Award)
• 1964: Baptism of Fire, Pub by Science Research Associates
• 1965: Komantcia, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell (Western Heritage Award)
• 1972: The Bluejay Boarders, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell (ISBN 0-690-14922-0)
• 1971: Brief Garland: Ponytails. Basketball, and Nothing But Net, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell (ISBN 0-690-15969-2 (Oklahoma Book Awards)
• 1971: The Runt of Rogers School, Pub by Lippincott (ISBN 0-397-31366-7)
• 1972: Go, Red, go!, Pub by T. Nelson (ISBN 0-8407-6217-8)
• 1976: Sports and Games, Pub by HarperCollins Children's Books; Sixth/Rev edition (ISBN 0-06-192471-7)
• 1976: Susy's Scoundrel, Pub by New American Library (1974 Spur Award)
• 1977: The Obstinate Land: Cherokee Strip Run of 1893, Pub by Thomas Y. Crowell (ISBN 0-690-01319-1) (1978 * 1978: Oklahoma Kickoff: An Informal History of the First 25 Years of Football at the University of Oklahoma, and of the Amusing Hardships That Attended It, Pub by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (ISBN 0-8061-1485-1)
• 1984: Forty-Seven Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma, Pub by Univ of Oklahoma Pr (ISBN 0-8061-1898-9)
• 1992: The Sound of Strings: Sequel to Komantcia, Pub by Levite of Apache Pub (ISBN 0-927562-10-3)
• 1998: Chico and Dan, Pub by Eakin Press (ISBN 1-57168-216-3)

[edit] Cassette Recordings

• 1999: Rifles for Watie, narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Pub by Recorded Books LLC (ISBN 0-7887-3732-5)
• 1999: Rifles for Watie unabridged, narrator: Tom Stechschulte ( Pub by Recorded Books LLC (ISBN 0-7887-3209-9)