Background
Steele, William Owen was born on December 22, 1917 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Core and Sue (Johnston) Steele.
Steele, William Owen was born on December 22, 1917 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Core and Sue (Johnston) Steele.
Bachelor of Arts, Cumberland University, 1940.
Senior staff writer Historic Review and Antique Digest. Author: The Golden Root, 1951. The Buffalo Knife, 1952.
Over-Mountain Boy, 1952.
Wilderness Journey, 1953 (selected by Parents magazine Book Club for 1955). John Sevier, 1953; The Story of Daniel Boone, 1953.
Winter Danger (New York Herald Tribune Spring Book Festival award), 1954. Francis Marion, 1954.
The Story of Leif Ericson, 1954.
Tomahawks and Trouble, 1955. Davy Crockett’s Earthquake, 1956. We Were There on the Oregon Trail, 1955.
We Were There With the Pony Express, 1956.
DeSoto, Child of The Sun, 1956. The Lone Hunt (special citation Child Study Association American), 1956.
Flaming Arrows (William A. White award 1960), 1957. Daniel Boone’s Echo, 1957.
The Perilous Road (Jane Addams children's book award), 1958.
Andy Jackson’s Waterwell, 1959. The Far Frontier, 1959. The Spooky Thing, 1960.
Westward Adventure: The True Stories of Six Pioneers (Thomas A. Edison Foundation award), 1962.
The Year of the Bloody Sevens, 1963. Wayah of the Real People, 1964.
The Number Name Manitoba of the Mountains, 1964. Trail Through Danger, 1965.
Tomahawk Border, 1966.
The Old Wilderness Road: An American Journey, 1968. Hound Dog Zip to the Rescue, 1970. The Wilderness Tattoo: A Narrative of Juan Ortiz, 1972.
Surgeon, Trader, Indian Chief: Henry Woodward of Carolina, 1972.
Triple Trouble for Hound Dog Zip, 1972. John's Secret Treasure, 1975.
(with wife) The Eye in the Forest, 1975. The Manitoba with the Silver Eyes, 1976.
Member Tennessee Archeological Society, Tennessee Anthropological Association, Archaeological Society North Carolina.
Married Mary Quintard Govan, June 1, 1943. Children: Mary Quintard, Jenifer Susan, Allerton William.