Frank Trippett

Major Works

• Child Ellen (1975) novel
• The States: United They Fell (1967)
• The First Horsemen (1974)
• Hymning and Hawing about America: A Few Symbol- Minded Essays (August 2000)

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Frank Trippett: A Biography
By Tonia Epps(SHS)

Frank Trippett was born in Columbus, Mississippi, on July 1, 1926,  and raised in Aberdeen, Mississippi (Cox 206). He married Betty Timberlake in April 6, 1957. Within a couple of years, they had their first child – John.  John is the oldest, but there are three other children:   two girls named Bess and Nan and a boy, Robert.

Trippett  had an interesting life. He was  interested in writing and journaling, so in 1948 he became a reporter and wire editor in Meridian, Mississippi. From 1948 to 1954 he also worked as a photographer for a magazine called Free- Lance Star.  His first real job was with the Meridian Star . He became an associate editor for Newsweek, a senior editor for Look and a senior writer and essayst for Time magazine during his long career.

Trippett has written four books with one out of the four being fiction . These publications are Child Ellen, which is a novel,   The States: United They Fell, The First Horsemen, and Hymning and Hawing about America: A Few Symbol-Minded Essays  (Swivett 437). Trippett’s college background varies and covers many different fields. He attended Ole Miss, Duke University, Vandercook College of Music,  NYSU, and University of Mississippi.. Through the years he has received major medals and awards. His most prized award is the American Bar Association Silver Gravel for distinguished writing in 1981. He lived a successful life and died leaving four children behind on June 18, 1998. He was seventy-one years old when he died (Cox 206).

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Timeline

• 1926--Born July 1,
• 1948—Reporter and wire editor in Meridian, MS
• 1948-54—Photographer in Fredericksburg, VA Free -Lance Star
• 1957—Married Betty Timberlake
• 1961—Associate Editor on Newsweek Magazine
• 1967—The States: United They Fell published
• 1974—The First Horsemen published
• 1975—Child Ellen, his only novel  published
• 1977—Senior writer/essayist for Time Magazine
• 1981—won the American Bar Association Silver Gravel for distinguished writing
• 1998—Died in New York
• 2000—Hymning and hawing about America: A Few Symbol-Minded Essays published

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A Review of The First Horseman
by Tonia Epps (SHS)

The First Horsemen is a nonfiction book based on the relationships between the human and the horse. Although I am not a person who likes to read, I enjoyed the chaptersbthat I read of this book. It is a very interesting book,  and I personally learned some new information. Trippett  tells about the existence of tribes and families. The First Horsemen would be a great book for someone who loves history  and maybe English. The book has a lot of big vocabulary  words, so  you need to be a person who knows what certain  tribe or horse to understand what point Trippett is making.. I would have liked the book  a lot better if it wasn’t about horse and men because I do not care that much for horses. If you are a history person and you like animals, then I truly recommend this book to you.

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Related Websites

Ole Miss site lists Aberdeen as  Frank Trippetts' birth place
You can find out more about Frank Trippetts' life
You can find listings of Frank Trippett's books

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Bibliography

Cox, James L. "The Mississippi Almanac". Tallahassee, Florida: Rose Printing Co.201.206  Contemporary Authors. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Co., 1969. 242 

Lloyd, James.  Frank Trippett  : The Lives of Mississippi Authors 1817-1967 Jackson: University Press of Mississippi 1981. 437.

The Mississippi Writers Page. Online. Internet. 20. March. 2002. Available      HTTP://www.olemess.edu/mwp/dir/trippett_frank/index.html

Times Obituary. Online. Internet. 20. March. 2002. Available HTTP://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/~crosby/timeobit.html

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