Author: Glen E. LichPublisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Fred Gipson at Work
Author: Glen E. LichPublisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Old Yeller
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061962864
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A timeless American classic and one of the most beloved children’s books ever written, Old Yeller is a Newbery Honor Book that explores the poignant and unforgettable bond between a boy and the stray dog who becomes his loyal friend. When his father sets out on a cattle drive toward Kansas for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis Coates is left to take care of his family and their farm. Living in Texas Hill Country during the 1860s, Travis comes to face new, unanticipated, and often perilous responsibilities in the frontier wilderness. A particular nuisance is a stray yellow dog that shows up one day and steals food from the family. But the big canine who Travis calls “Old Yeller” proves his worth by defending the family from danger. And Travis ultimately finds help and comfort in the courage and unwavering love of the dog who comes to be his very best friend. Fred Gipson’s novel is an eloquently simple story that is both exciting and deeply moving. It stands alongside works like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Where The Red Fern Grows, and Shiloh as a beloved and enduring classic of literature. Originally published in 1956 to instant acclaim, Old Yeller later inspired a hit film from Walt Disney. Just as Old Yeller inevitably makes his way into the Coates family’s hearts, this book will find its own special place in readers’ hearts.
Cowhand
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780890969847
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Readers brought up on Hollywood westerns will have their eyes opened by this story of a working cowboy. Although he never chased a rustler or rescued a pretty girl and probably couldn't even hire on as an extra in a B-grade western, Ed Alford (or "Fat") has worked cattle most of his life. Fred Gipson's vivid, earthy book about this cowhand, now in paperback, tells what the job is really like, the hardships, the hell-raising, and the sheer monotony of daily tasks.Fat Alford became a cowboy because he didn't think picking cotton was any way for a man to make a living. Although he may not have looked much like a cowboy and certainly started out green, he learned to rope a cow in an impenetrable brush, to break a mean horse, to get by with poor gear, worse food, and sorry mounts in freezing cold or blistering heat and still get the job done.Gipson's warm and rousing account captures the vivid reality of how it was and introduces us to a remarkable character--a working cowhand. This new paperback edition of Cowhand is sure to delight a whole new generation of readers.
Fred Gipson at Work
Author: Glen E. LichPublisher: College Station : Texas A & M University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Hound-dog Man
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803270053
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A twelve-year-old boy goes on his first hunt with Blackie, the hound-dog man, and is granted his fondest wish
Fred Gipson, Texas Storyteller
Author: Mike CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Recounts the life of this storyteller from Texas who portrayed the humanity and values of people close to the land.
Fabulous Empire
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : 101 Ranch Historic District (Okla.)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Savage Sam
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060803770
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
"Gipson again has given us a purely wonderful trunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation."--Chicago Sunday Tribune
Savage Sam
Author: Fred GipsonPublisher: Richmond Hill, Ont. : Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671550820
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The Underneath
Author: Kathi AppeltPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416998586
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. They are an unlikely pair, about to become an unlikely family. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. But they are safe in the Underneath...as long as they stay in the Underneath. Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. And one kitten’s one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. For everyone who loves Sounder, Shiloh, and The Yearling, for everyone who loves the haunting beauty of writers such as Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Flannery O’Connor, and Carson McCullers, Kathi Appelt spins a harrowing yet keenly sweet tale about the power of love—and its opposite, hate—the fragility of happiness and the importance of making good on your promises.