An edition of Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy

Bantam Edition, 21st printing

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An edition of Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)

Where the Red Fern Grows

The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy

Bantam Edition, 21st printing

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (91 ratings) ·
  • 762 Want to read
  • 83 Currently reading
  • 118 Have read

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 .

Where the Red Fern Grows

An exciting tale of love and adventure you'll never forget.
--back cover

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Bantam Books
Language
English
Pages
249

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Subjects

Social Issues - Friendship, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades 4-6, Social Situations - Adolescence, Social Issues - Adolescence, Classics, Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / Adolescence, Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary, Action & Adventure - General, Animals - Dogs, Fiction, children's classics, dogs, hounds, mountains, young adult fiction, Open Library Staff Picks, Classic Literature, Hunting dogs, Human-animal relationships, Hunting, Children's literature, Fiction in English, animals, coming of age, death & grieving, 4th grade reading books, 5th grade reading books, award winning childrens books, Death, Children's fiction, Dogs, fiction, Boys, fiction, Ozark mountains region, fiction, Large type books, Love, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction

People

Billy Colman, Little Ann, Old Man Pritchard, Mrs. Pritchard, Grandpa, Mama, Papa, Rainie, Old Dan, Rubin

Places

Ozark Mountains, Glendale College Library, United States, Illinois River, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Times

20th Century

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Where the Red Fern Grows
2001-05, Laurel Leaf Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - First Laurel-Leaf edition (152)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1998-07, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (1)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-10, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback in English - 25th printing
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-07, Delacorte Press
Hardcover in English - Delacorte Edition (1)
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Where the Red Fern Grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
1996-10, Yearling
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reprint (19)
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Where the Red Fern Grows
1989, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Edition (100)
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Where the Red Fern Grows
September 1987, Doubleday Books
Hardcover in English
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1985 August, Bantam
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Starfire, 39th printing
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1981-03, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Bantam Edition, 21st printing
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1961, Doubleday
Hardcover in English

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Book Details

First Sentence

"As the story opens, a man sees some dogs fighting in an alley."

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1961

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
249p.
Number of pages
249

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7818428M
Internet Archive
whereredferngrow0000rawl_o0u1
ISBN 10
0553138979
ISBN 13
9780553138979
Library Thing
6346
Goodreads
59927826

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Work Description

Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys two hunting dogs.


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When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had no idea what was in store for me.
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