An edition of Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)

Where the Red Fern Grows

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Where the Red Fern Grows
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An edition of Where the Red Fern Grows (1961)

Where the Red Fern Grows

by

  • ★★★★ 4.2 (96 ratings)
  • 859 Want to read
  • 86 Currently reading
  • 137 Have read

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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Bantam Books
Language
English

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

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Book Details

First Sentence

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

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7820040M
ISBN 10
0553204742
ISBN 13
9780553204742
Amazon ID (ASIN)
0553204742
LibraryThing
6346
Goodreads
917283

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL465360W

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Excerpts

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