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Hound-dog Man

by Fred Gipson

ISBN13: 9780803270053
ISBN10: 0803270054
Condition: Standard
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Twelve-year-old Cotton Kinney has everything a boy could want—except a dog. For Christmas, Cotton bought his dad a studded dog collar and his mom an enameled cake-mixing pan just the right size for feeding a dog. It didn't do any good. When Christmas comes, Cotton still doesn't get his dog. But Blackie Scantling, best coon hunter in the country, and his two coonhounds, Rock and Drum, come by for dinner one night. Blackie takes Cotton and his best friend Spud, and Spud's little feist-dog Snuffy, on a series of adventures that include a show-down with a bull, a wrestling match with a turkey gobbler, and the search for a dog Cotton can call his own.

About the Author

Fred Gipson was born and raised in the Texas hill country. He was made famous by Old Yeller and Savage Sam, but said that he liked Hound-dog Man the best of any book he wrote. Hound-dog Man vividly recreates the Texas that Gipson knew so well.

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bettyoops, July 23, 2007 (view all comments by bettyoops)
I read this book as a little girl, back in the late 40's or early 50's. The individual characters and basic story are still fresh today in my mind, when not much else is. This was a delightful story of a boy's yearning for a hunting dog, his coming into young manhood and introduction to the conflicts men face(d) between being a man of the woods and responding to the call of the heart. A wonderful read!!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780803270053
Author:
Gipson, Fred
Publisher:
University of Nebraska Press
Location:
Lincoln :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Texas
Subject:
Western stories
Subject:
Animals - Dogs
Copyright:
Series Volume:
P156-P157
Publication Date:
January 1980
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
247
Dimensions:
8.08x5.06x.65 in. .63 lbs.
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