{"id":1767,"date":"2012-11-28T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T22:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2018-11-29T10:01:47","modified_gmt":"2018-11-29T17:01:47","slug":"mcgiffin-lee-shaffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1767","title":{"rendered":"McGIFFIN, LEE SHAFFER, 1908-1978"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Journalist; writer. Born&#8211;October 1, 1908,\u00a0Delphi, Ind. Parents&#8211;Charles Barnes and Daisy Lee Lewis Shaffer.\u00a0 Married&#8211;Norton McGiffin, July 6, 1937.\u00a0 Children&#8211;one. Education&#8211; De Pauw University, 1927-29; Syracuse University; University of Alabama, B.A., 1931.\u00a0Worked as reporter for Syracuse Post Standard, 1931-35; \u00a0Buffalo Evening News, 1935-37. Freelance writer after 1937;\u00a0wrote short stories, children&#8217;s books, radio scripts.\u00a0 Received New York Herald Tribune Children&#8217;s Spring Book Festival Honor Award, 1956; Texas Institute\u00a0of Letters Juvenile Award, 1961; \u00a0Theta Sigma Phi Awards, 1961, 1963, 1964.\u00a0 Died\u00a0 June 7, 1978.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Foremost Women in Communication; Contemporary Authors\u00a0online.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Coat for Private Patrick. New York; Dutton, 1964<\/p>\n<p>The Fifer of San Jacinto. New York; Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1956.<\/p>\n<p>High Whistle Charlie. New York; Dutton, 1962.<\/p>\n<p>The Horse Hunters. New York; Dutton, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>The Mustangers. New York; Dutton, 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Pony Soldier. New York; Dutton, 1961.<\/p>\n<p>Rebel Rider. New York; Dutton, 1959.<\/p>\n<p>Ride for Texas. New York; Dutton, 1960.<\/p>\n<p>Riders of Enchanted Valley. New York; Dutton, 1966.<\/p>\n<p>Swords, Stars, and Bars. New York; Dutton, 1958.<\/p>\n<p>Ten Tall Texans. New York; Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, 1956.<\/p>\n<p>Yankee Doodle Dandies; Eight Generals of the American Revolution. New York; Dutton, 1967.<\/p>\n<p>Yankee of the Yalu; Philo Norton McGiffin, American Captain in the Chinese Navy, 1885-1895. New York; Dutton, 1968.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Journalist; writer. Born&#8211;October 1, 1908,\u00a0Delphi, Ind. Parents&#8211;Charles Barnes and Daisy Lee Lewis Shaffer.\u00a0 Married&#8211;Norton McGiffin, July 6, 1937.\u00a0 Children&#8211;one. Education&#8211; De Pauw University, 1927-29; Syracuse University; University of Alabama, B.A., 1931.\u00a0Worked as reporter for Syracuse Post Standard, 1931-35; \u00a0Buffalo Evening News, 1935-37. Freelance writer after 1937;\u00a0wrote short stories, children&#8217;s books, radio scripts.\u00a0 Received New [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-m-o"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9088,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions\/9088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}