Where the Red Fern Grows Mass market paperbound - 1997
by Wilson Rawls
This classic about a 10-year-old boy growing up in the Ozark mountains with his inseparable pair of coonhounds will warm the hearts of young and old alike. Great Stone Face Award.
About this book
The author, Wilson Rawls, grew up in Oklahoma and although he always aspired to be a writer, he had little formal education and struggled greatly with spelling and punctuation. Eventually, with the help and encouragement of his wife, he hand wrote the manuscript for Where the Red Fern Grows in three weeks, from the memory of previous manuscripts he had burned because he was ashamed of them. The story was picked up by the Saturday Evening Post where it was published in a series titled “The Hounds of Youth”. Doubleday the published the book the same year, changing the name and attempting to market it to adults, although the author had specifically written it for children. When it was published in 1961, initial sales of the book were slow, although today it has sold over seven millions copies and is required reading in many schools.
t was made into a popular 1974 film starring Stewart Petersen, James Whitmore and Beverly Garland. The film was remade in 2003 and starred Joseph Ashton, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty and Dave Matthews. This book is a popular choice for early middle school reading classes, with a reading level appropriate to grades 4 and up. -
First line
WHEN I LEFT MY OFFICE THAT BEAUTIFUL SPRING DAY, I HAD no idea what was in store for me.
From the jacket flap
Billy, Old Dan and Little Ann -- a Boy and His Two Dogs...
A loving threesome, they ranged the dark hills and river bottoms of Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Ann had the brains -- and Billy had the will to train them to be the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too. And close by was the strange and wonderful power that's only found... An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.
First Edition Identification
-First editions, published in 1961 by Doubleday, have a $3.95 price present on the front flap with the author's description on back flap. Jacket design by Reisie Lonette.
Details
- Title Where the Red Fern Grows
- Author Wilson Rawls
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition 1st
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Laurel Leaf Library, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1997-03-12
- ISBN 9780553274295 / 0553274295
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.8 in (17.53 x 10.67 x 2.03 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 700
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Demographic Orientation: Rural
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Ozark Mountains
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 87014334
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 02/15/1992, Page 1101
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