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'' and wrote for the stage and for television.

Biography

His father,

Howard R. Garis Howard Roger Garis ( – ) was an American author, best known for a series of books that featured the character of Uncle Wiggily Longears, an engaging elderly rabbit. Many of his books were illustrated by Lansing Campbell. Garis and his wife, Li ...

, and his mother,

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, were very popular authors in their day, writing hundreds of books under their own names, as well as pseudonyms. Garis was born in

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and

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, but received his law degree from

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. Garis also wrote several books under pseudonyms for the

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, as did his parents. Garis' sister, Cleo F., also wrote a three-book series concurrently with his ''Outboard Boys'' series. Roger Garis' daughter, Leslie Garis, wrote a memoir of the family, ''The House of Happy Endings'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007).

Publications

Books

* ''The Outboard Boys At Mystery Island''

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

* ''The Outboard Boys At Shadow Lake''

* ''The Outboard Boys At Pirate Beach''

* ''The Outboard Boys At Shark River''

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

* ''Amusement Park'' (D. Appleton-Century, New York/London)

* ''Never Take Candy From A Stranger''

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

* ''My Father Was Uncle Wiggily'' 1966

Movies

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
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