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Where the Red Fern Grows the Story of Two Dogs and a Boy With Connections Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Wilson Rawls
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
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.
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Details
- Title Where the Red Fern Grows the Story of Two Dogs and a Boy With Connections
- Author Wilson Rawls
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Holt, Rinehart and Winston, U.S.A.
- Date 1998
- Bookseller's Inventory # 23541
- ISBN 9780030547744 / 0030547741
- Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.9 in (21.08 x 14.48 x 2.29 cm)
- Ages 11 to 14 years
- Grade levels 6 - 9
- Reading level 760
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Themes
- Topical: Death/Dying
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002284139
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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. -
From the rear cover
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 make them into the finest hunting team in the valley. Glory and victory were coming to them, but sadness waited too.
Where the Red Fern Grows is an exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.