Background
Perry, George Sessions was born on May 5, 1910 in Rockdale, Texas, United States. Son of Andrew Preston and Laura (Van de Venter) Perry.
Perry, George Sessions was born on May 5, 1910 in Rockdale, Texas, United States. Son of Andrew Preston and Laura (Van de Venter) Perry.
Educated Allen Academy (Bryan, Texas), Southwestern U. (Georgetown, Texas), Purdue University, and Houston (Texas) U.
War correspondent, New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post since 1942. Editor: Roundup Time, a collection of southwestern writing, 1943. Author: (movie) The Arkansas Traveler (with Viola Brothers Shore), 1938.
Walls Rise Up, 1939; Hold Autumn In Your Hand (chosen best Texas book of year by Texas Institute of Letters. Received National Book Sellers Association Award, 1941. Later filmed with title The Southerner), 1941.
Thirty Days Hath September (with Dorothy Cameron Disney), 1942. Texas: A World in Itself, 1942. Hackberry Cavalier, 1944.
Where Away (with Isabel Leighton), 1944. Cities of America, 1947. Families of America, 1949.
My Granny Van, 1949; Tale of a Foolish Farmer, 1951. The Story of Texas A & M, 1951. The Story of Texas (for children), 1956.
Home: Rockdale, Texas Address: Curtis Brown, Ltd., 575 Madison Avenue, New York City 22.
Editor: Roundup Time, a collection of southwestern writing, 1943. Author: (movie) The Arkansas Traveler (with Viola Brothers Shore), 1938. Walls Rise Up, 1939
Hold Autumn In Your Hand (chosen best Texas book of year by Texas Institute of Letters.
Received National Book Sellers Association Award, 1941. Later filmed with title The Southerner), 1941. Thirty Days Hath September (with Dorothy Cameron Disney), 1942.
Texas: A World in Itself, 1942. Hackberry Cavalier, 1944. Where Away (with Isabel Leighton), 1944.
Cities of America, 1947. Families of America, 1949. My Granny Van, 1949
Tale of a Foolish Farmer, 1951.
The Story of Texas A & M, 1951. The Story of Texas (for children), 1956.
Married Claire E. Hodges, February 20, 1933.