Shel Silverstein By facebooker_1774441966 Sep 25, 1930 Birth Jan 1, 1953 Drafted into the Army Worked as a cartoonist and a reportator for the Pacific edition of the military publication, Stars and Stripes.... Jan 1, 1956 Cartoonist for Playboy Jan 1, 1963 "Lafcadio, the Luion Who Shot Back" Published Jan 1, 1964 Publication of "The Giving Tree' Jan 1, 1970 Daughter Born Jan 1, 1974 "Where the Side walk Ends" Published Jan 1, 1981 "A Light in the Attic" Published Jan 1, 1996 "Falling Up" Published May 1, 1999 His Sorrowful Death