When I left my office that beautiful spring day, I had no idea what was in store for me.
An edition of Where the Red Fern Grows
(1961)
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
by Wilson Rawls
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More than anything else in life, Billy Colman wanted a dog. When at the age of ten he saw an ad for two coon-hound pups, he resolved to its their purchase price of $50. Two years later, having scrimped and saved, he attained his goal—the dogs were his, and he named them Old Dan and Little Ann.
Billy spent weeks training his dogs to hunt their ring-tailed quarry. Night after night the three of them romped through the dark hills and river bot-toms of the Cherokee country. Old Dan had the brawn, Little Anne had the brains, and their reputation as a remarkable hunting team spread gradually through the valley. When the big moment came, Billy and his dogs were ready for it. Upsetting the cham-pions, they won the coveted gold cup in the annual coon-hunt contest. But ex-citement and victory were short-lived. and tragedy awaited the pups. Wilson Rawls has written a tender but convincing story that will warm the hearts of dog lovers of any age.
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Where the Red Fern Grows
2001-05, Laurel Leaf Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1998-07, Yearling
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Where the Red Fern Grows: the story of two dogs and a boy
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1996-07, Delacorte Press
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1989, Bantam Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows
September 1987, Doubleday Books
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
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Where the Red Fern Grows: The Story of Two Dogs and a Boy
1961, Doubleday
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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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