The Home Place Author:Fred Gipson The Home Place is Fred Gipson's second novel. His first, Hound-Dog Man, was a best-seller in the winter of 1949. It was acclaimed by readers and critics in every part of America as a beautiful piece of writing and a wonderful story. This second Fred Gipson novel, The Home Place, is a worthy successor to his first. — Fred Gipson was brought up ... more »in the Texas hill country and now owns a home there in Mason County. He gave up his newspaper work tn Denver to move his family (wife and two sons) back to his own home place. In his first year as a free-lance writer he made $150 and was lucky to be living on the land. Now his work has appeared in many magazines, including Southwest Review, Collier's, Holiday, Liberty, Progressive Farmer and Reader's Digest, and in addition to his two novels he has published a nonfiction book, Fabulous Empire. He hasn't been tempted to move back to the city, and right now he's improving his own land -- not a show place but a home, and he owns it.« less