Old Yeller is a 1956 children’s novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. It received a Newbery Honor in 1957. The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book’s story. In 1957, Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn.
Old Yeller in the novel is described as being a “yellow cur”. It has been claimed that the dog was actually modeled after the Yellow or Southern Black Mouth Cur or a Lacy Dog Cur and Texas State Dog bred by the Lacy family in Texas. In the Disney movie Yeller was portrayed by a yellow Labrador Retriever/Mastiff mongrel.
The new puppy becomes the title character of the follow-up book Savage Sam (1962) and 1963 movie. A third book, Little Arliss (1978), is set after the first two and features Travis’ younger brother.
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