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| Author | Wilson Rawls |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 245 pp |
| ISBN | 0-440-22814-X |
| OCLC | 39850615 |
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In 1930s Oklahoma, a young boy from a poor family works several jobs to save up for two coon-hunting dogs after a bully spites him. Billy Coleman returns home from World War II to discover some unexpected gifts: a pair of redbone coonhound puppies and a life-changing friendship.
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Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhound hunting dogs.[1]
Plot summary[edit]
As a child in the Ozark Mountains, Billy Colman wants nothing more than a pair of Redbone Coonhounds for hunting. After seeing a magazine ad for coonhounds, Billy spends the next two years working odd jobs to earn the $50 he needs to buy two puppies. Billy's dogs are delivered to Tahlequah, over 20 miles away. Billy decides to walk the distance. As he returns with the dogs, he sees a heart carved on a tree with the names 'Dan + Ann' and decides to name them Old Dan and Little Ann. With his grandfather's help, Billy teaches his dogs to hunt. Both dogs are very loyal to each other and to Billy.
The first night of hunting season, Billy promises the dogs that if they tree a raccoon, he will do the rest. They tree one in a huge sycamore, which Billy believes is far too large to chop down. Remembering his promise to his dogs, Billy spends the next two days attempting to chop down the sycamore. Exhausted, Billy prays for the strength to continue, whereupon a strong wind blows the tree over.
Billy and his hounds become well-known as the best hunters in the Ozarks. Billy's grandfather makes a bet with Rubin and Raine Pritchard that Old Dan and Little Ann can tree the legendary 'ghost coon' that has eluded hunters for years. After a long, complicated hunt, Old Dan and Little Ann manage to tree the raccoon, but having seen how old and smart the ghost coon is, Billy cannot bring himself to kill it. Billy tries to stop the Pritchards from killing the raccoon, leading to a fight with Rubin. The Pritchards' dog Old Blue joins the fight, provoking Old Dan and Little Ann to attack Old Blue to drag him away from Billy. Rubin tries to drive Billy's dogs away with an axe, but trips, falls on the blade, and dies. Billy is deeply troubled by the tragic turn of events, but does not regret his choice to spare the ghost coon.
Billy's grandfather enters him into a championship coon hunt against experienced hunters. The hunt is scheduled during a particularly cold week, and many of the experienced hunters quickly give up, but Billy, who is used to mountain winters, is able to make it to the final round. On the last night, Old Dan and Little Ann trap three raccoons in a single tree, but a sudden blizzard forces Billy to take shelter. The following morning, the dogs are found covered in ice but still circling the tree. All three raccoons are captured and Billy and his dogs win the championship and a $300 prize.
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One night while hunting, Old Dan and Little Ann are attacked by a mountain lion. Billy fights to save his dogs, but the lion turns on him. The dogs manages to save Billy by killing the mountain lion, but Old Dan later dies of his injuries. Over the next few days, Little Ann loses the will to live and finally dies of grief atop Old Dan's grave, leaving Billy heartbroken.
Billy's father tries to comfort his son by explaining that he and Billy's mother have long wished to move to town where the children can get an education, but could not afford to do so without the extra money brought in by Billy's hunting. Knowing that Billy's dogs would suffer if forced to leave the woods and that Billy would be devastated to leave them behind, they intended to allow Billy to live with his grandfather. Billy's father believes that God took the dogs as a sign that the family was meant to stay together.
On his last day in the Ozarks, Billy visits Old Dan and Little Ann's graves and finds a giant red fern growing between them. Remembering a Native American legend that only an angel can plant a red fern, Billy also comes to believe that perhaps there truly was a higher power at work.
The adult Billy closes by saying that although has never returned to the Ozarks, he still dreams of visiting his dogs' graves and seeing the red fern again.
Films[edit]
The novel was made into a 1974 film starring Stewart Petersen, James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, and Jack Ging.[2] It was followed by a sequel in 1992, which starred Wilford Brimley, Chad McQueen, Lisa Whelchel, and Karen Carlson.[3] The film was remade in 2003 and starred Joseph Ashton, Dabney Coleman, Ned Beatty and Dave Matthews.[2]
Reception[edit]
Although sales of the novel began slowly, by 1974 over 90,000 copies had been sold.[4] Today Where the Red Fern Grows is required reading in many American schools.[5] In 2001, Publishers Weekly estimated that it had sold 6,754,308 copies.[6]
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There is a statue of Billy and his dogs at the Idaho Falls Public Library.[7]
See also[edit]
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Footnotes[edit]
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- ^'Where the Red Fern Grows Discussion Guide - Scholastic.com'. scholastic.com.
- ^ abWhere the Red Fern Grows (1974) on IMDb
- ^'Where the Red Fern Grows: Part Two' – via www.imdb.com.
- ^'The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search'. news.google.com.
- ^'The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search'. news.google.com.
- ^'All-Time Bestselling Children's Books'. PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
- ^'Wilson Rawls'. Idaho Falls Public Library. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
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External links[edit]
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