Question: What was the nationality of the author of the 1961 children's novel about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs?
Sentence (from "Where the Red Fern Grows"): Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs.
Relevant evidence: Yes