WTRFG - Wilson Rawls Fun Facts

WTRFG was an immediate success and an instant best seller.

The original version of WTRFG was too long.

Rawls typed all 35000 words of the book himself.

Wilson had to hand write the entire novel from memory in 3 weeks because he had burned the original copies.

Wilson Rawls visited many schools to encourage students to write.

Wilson Rawls spent time in prison for manslaughter.

WTRFG is loosely based on Wilson Rawls' childhood.

The original title for WTRFG was, "The Hounds of Youth."

"The Call of the Wild" was Wilson Rawls' favourite book.

Rawls' spelling, punctuation and grammar were so poor he couldn't get published.