A story for every person who has ever loved a dogOld Yeller delivers.

This classic book is as good today as it was in 1956. While it is a great film, if you havent read the book, you are missing out. Just about everyone has watched the Walt Disney movie about Old Yeller. Told by his father you are the man of the family now,' Travis takes the comments seriously taking on a huge volume of physical work, hunt for food, help care for his little brother and more. When the community had to deal with an outbreak of rabies, Travis was forced to make a decision that turned him into a man overnight. Old Yeller is the story of a 14 year old boy left to take care of his family when his father must leave for a long period of time for some work. He even saved Travis life from a herd of wild hogs. He helped herd the cows, hunt the game and kept Arliss out of trouble.

In no time Travis realized that he couldnt do without Old Yeller. But Arliss wanted that dog and he stayed. Travis wanted no part of the stray and tried to run him off. Then along came that old yeller dogbig and ugly. It looks like this book has never been read. That was a big job for a fourteen year old boy in Texas in the 1860s. 1956 First Edition Old Yeller By Fred Gipson with Drawings by Carl Burger - Hard Cover in excellent condition. Before he left, his pa put him in charge of things and told him to take care of his ma and Arliss while he was away. School Library Journal Since its publication in 1956, Old Yeller has won countless awards, including the 1957 Newbery Honor, and has become one of the most beloved children's classics ever written.Travis Coates was fourteen years old when his pa left to join with a band of neighbors and herd their steers to Abilene and get cash money. Saturday Review of Literature Exciting and heartwarming. The combination of excellent writing and the sensitivity to human emotions places it on a shelf with the classics in juvenile literature. Why should they take in such an ugly, useless dog? But Old Yeller soon makes himself one of the family, and when danger threatens, he risks his life to save them. His job is to protect his mum and Little Arliss, and look after the corn patch.

Travis is fourteen and he's the man of the household while his dad's away droving cattle. And take close aim it's a big loafer wolf, gone mad.' My heart nearly quit on me.

It was Old Yeller, all right, tangled with some animal as big and savage as he was. A great American classic with millions of copies sold.I jumped back, gun held ready, and caught my first glimpse of the screaming, howling battle that came wheeling into the circle of light. A frontier story about a boy and a rascally dog with the heart of a lion.

Old yeller by fred gibson