Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
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Book Reviews of Where the Red Fern Grows
Book Review: Where the Red Fern Grows
Summary: 5 Stars
Billy Colman,one of the main characters of the story, lives in the middle of the Ozark Mountains with his three younger sisters and his mom and dad. Like most young boys,Billy has passion for dogs. He wants some of his own, but it would be hard for his parents to buy them at this point.
Billy finds an advertisement in an abandoned sports magazine.
They are fifty dollars all together.
He worked for two years just for two red bone hounds. Finally,the day had come. He'd collected fifty dollars.
His grandpa ordered the two hounds for him. Billy got the hounds and was heading for home. He and his dogs (Old Dan and LIttle Ann, boy and girl) had to camp out in a cave.
When Billy fell asleep he was awoken by a mountain lion roar. His dogs had awoken also. They barked and Billy threw sticks. The mountain lion went away!
Several years later, when Old Dan and LIttle Ann were coon (raccoon) catching phenoms, Billy's grandpa signed him up for a championship coon hunt.
Billy and his dogs barely make it to the final round. If they win, they will bring home a gold cup and a large jackpot.
An enormous blizzard struck while they were hunting. Billy's grandpa and his dad suffer a very bad injury from falling in the snow. Can Billy and his team pull through?
When Billy and his dogs went hunting the next time, sadness awaited them. Will a dog die? Will both dogs die? Will Billy die?
Billy Colman was about 10 years old when he got his beloved dogs. His passion of catching coons and coon hounds kept him working for two years to get his dogs. What a hard worker!
Little Ann is the girl pup in the story. She is smart and not very aggressive. Little Ann only gets in fights to save Old Dan. Old Dan and she are extremely close.
Old Dan is the boy pup in the story. He's really agressive. He's a good pup for Billy.
I recommend this book to dog lovers and people who like hunting.
Book Review: Dirt-Poor Rewards
Summary: 5 Stars
From the start, I believed the author, Wilson Rawls, must have lived this tremendous tale to a degree. Upon investigation, I learned he did indeed trail a tail-wager, crossing rivers in pursuit of nocturnal black-masked conniving critters.
He grew up dirt poor in the Oklahoma Ozarks where schools were nonexistent, but still many lessons could be learned. His mom home educated him and his sisters to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, they were too impoverished to even own pencils and paper. The family did eventually move to an area possessing schools just as the book describes in closing.
During the depression, Rawls rode the rails trying to locate employment...nearly starving. He truly lived a scraping existence; but this is what it took to pen such a remarkable piece of awarded literature.
As an Idahoan, I found it intriguing that he was stirred to write the book in Idaho Falls. Later he placed the manuscript in flames believing it held no value. He rewrote it at the request of his wife Sophie and the rest is history.
This Rawls saga surrounds the hunting escapades of Billy and his coonhounds, Old Dan and Little Ann. I must admit sweet and dedicated Little Ann was my favorite.
It is easy to feel you are running the coon trails with Billy. You can be holding your breath without realizing it...wondering if that coon is really up that tree or if Old Dan and Little Ann will survive the night of wrestling matches.
Even though Billy's God-fearing family was dirt poor, they were filled with wisdom, love for others and strength for life. Billy never viewed anything as belonging to him, but to his family. Never did he shed a bit of selfishness.
Many lessons can be gleaned by children and it is never too late for us adults to learn as well.
Book Review: Where the Red Fern Grows: Love, devotion, and lots of slobber
Summary: 5 Stars
I've never liked the idea of hunting much. I always regarded it with a general dislike. But reading "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls changed my mind a bit.
The book is set in the Ozark Mountains during the Depression, and it tells the story of a boy named Billy, and his two dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. When he is ten he is bitten with the puppy love bug. He has to save up money for two whole years so he can get his dogs, and save he does.
After countless hours training them with all he has, he starts catching coons with his two little redbone coon hounds. They grow in reputation and are considered one of the best hunting teams in the Ozarks. Billy's grandfather tells him about a hunting contest, and says, "Yes, sir, I think we have the best darn coon hounds in these Ozark Mountains, and just as sure as shootin', we're going to win that golden cup."
Before he left, Billy promised his youngest sister that if he won the golden cup, he would give it to her, saying that "I would give it to no one but you."
The competition is fierce, and Billy and his dogs try as hard as they can. They get into some tight spaces, and Grandpa sprains his ankle, but everything turn out just fine in the end. Little Ann wins a beauty competition, and Billy gives the Silver Cup to his two oldest little sisters.
This book isn't all fun and games, however. Billy and his dogs go through many hardships and near accidents while hunting. You have to read the book to see some of the amazing, crazy things they do.
The ending is dramatic, and you won't want to miss it. The dogs get into their tightest spot yet. Will they make it out alive? You'll just have to read "Where the Red Fern Grows" to find out.
Book Review: Best Book on Earth
Summary: 5 Stars
My name is Carrie, and I love the book because its about a boy that is walking down the street and helps a hound .The hound he helps was in a dog fight with lots of dogs ganging the one dog. When he lets the dog go free, he decides he wants two hunting hounds of his own so he can keep them. He begs, begs, and begs his parents, but they continue to say NO! When he is outside in the woods he finds an ad in a magazine for two hound dogs. It says that they are only 25 dollars for one. He wants two so he makes 50 dollars in two years. He takes the money to his grandpa's store so his grandpa can order them. It takes like two weeks for them to arrive at the animal shelter. There is no way he can get them by mail so he has to go to town by himself to get them. He sets off at night and doesn't return until a few days later. When he does return he has gifts for every one. When he brings home his pups he tries to catch a coon to train them. He can't catch a coon because they are too smart. His papa shows him a way, and he finally catches one. He trains his dogs and takes them to a hunting competition. They win and the next day at home he goes down to their field and hunts them. It was dark and Billy did not know there was a mountain lion. His dogs thought it was a coon so they attacked. The mountain lion killed them and the next day he buried them. The day after that he goes to say goodbye because they were moving. When he got there a red fern had grown. Then when Billy was little his mom told him an old folk tale that when something dies that you really love a red fern would grow. So what do you think of it? I like the book because it is always has an interesting, funny, or sad part. The characters are very loving and cool. No matter what happens, their life goes on!Book Review: Where the Red Fern Grows
Summary: 5 Stars
1.) The main character, Billy, wanted two coon hounds for raccoon hunting. He saved his money and got them. Billy really enjoyed hunting and really wanted to be the best, so he trained his two dogs everyday until they became good and smart enough to take on the trickiest coons. Later on, Billy's
Grandpa asked Billy if he wanted to go to this huge raccoon hunt with all of the best coon hunters in the country. Billy went to the hunt and came home with the gold cup and three hundred dollars of prize money for winning the tournament. That night after arriving back home, Billy took his two dogs hunting up in the mountains. He and his dogs were brutally attacked by a mountain lion. One of the dogs, Old Dan, came home ripped up from head to toe. Billy's Mom tried to save Old Dan, but it wasn't enough. Old Dan died that night and was buried the next day. It took Billy some time to work through his emotions of not only losing Old Dan but his other dog, who died of a broken heart from losing Old Dan. Shortly thereafter, Billy and his family moved to town, but Billy visited the grave sites of his beloved dogs; there he found red ferns growing which meant the angels were looking over the two dogs.
2.) Billy, the main character of the story, was determined to train his dogs to be the best. Yet, he was gentle and loving towards his dogs and hurt deeply when they passed away.
3.) The author of "Where the Red Fern Grows" did a really great job drawing me into the story, especially when Billy was training those dogs to hunt. Everytime I picked up the book, I felt like I was really there. In fact, I got into the book so much that I didn't want to put it down. I highly recommend that everyone read this book because it's fabulous!!