Old Yeller (Perennial Classics)
by Fred Gipson, Steven Polson
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Author: Fred Gipson, Steven PolsonBrand: Harper Collins Publishers
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-05-15
ISBN: 0060935472
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Book Review: one of the best "boy and his dog" stories ever written
Summary: 5 Stars
Travis Coates, fourteen years old, lives with his Papa, Mama, and five-year-old brother Little Arliss, near Salt Licks, TX, in the late 1860s during the days following the Civil War. Papa has to go away with other local ranchers to take their cattle to Abilene, KS, and leaves Travis in charge. Travis hopes that Papa will bring him back a horse, but before he leaves Papa tells Travis that what he really needs is a good dog. However, Travis had recently lost his dog Bell after it was bit by a rattlesnake and really doesn't want another dog. Then this big, ugly, yellow dog shows up and steals some of their meat. They call him "Old Yeller."
At first, Travis can't stand the sight of Old Yeller. But he sure is a clever dog that can be a big help on the wild Texas frontier. He saves Little Arliss from a she bear. He helps Travis catch a wild turkey. He gentles their milk heifer Spot. And he's good at catching the hogs that run loose to get them marked. Travis grows to love the dog. Old Yeller proves that he can protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But with the threat of hydrophobia (rabies) in the area, can Travis do the same for Old Yeller? One of my favorite childhood memories is the 1957 Walt Disney film based on this Newbery Honor winning book. There are minor differences between novel and film, but it really was one of Disney's better efforts at turning a book into a movie.
We did Old Yeller as a family read aloud, and everyone enjoyed it. Yes, it's a little sad at the end, but it has been called one of the best "boy-and-his-dog" books ever written. The Saturday Review of Literature said, "A bestseller for generations, the combination of excellent writing and the sensitivity to human emotions places it on a shelf with the classics in juvenile literature." The only language issue is that once the phrase "O my Lord" appears as an interjection. Yeller's puppy becomes the title character of the 1962 sequel, Savage Sam, which also became a Walt Disney film in 1962. Two other related books by Gibson are Curly and the Wild Boar and Little Arliss.
Summary of Old Yeller (Perennial Classics)
When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.
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