Douglas C. Stewart
Auteur de Where the Red Fern Grows [1974 film]
Œuvres de Douglas C. Stewart
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Professions
- screenwriter
Membres
Critiques
Where the Red Fern Grows
An Ozarks boy listens to his grandfather and saves up to buy two raccoon hounds in 1930s Oklahoma.
Spring, 1842. Americas unclaimed and unexplored land drew thousands of settlers to the West, including the Sager family. Traveling with a wagon train, across the frontier from Missouri to Oregon, both parents succumbed to the untamed wilderness the father from an Indian attack, and mother from pneumonia. Led by their eldest son, John, the seven Sager children courageously continued the journey their parents began, through the wilderness, to a new life - a feat that truly defines pioneer. A heartwarming adventure film for the whole family; this is the amazing true story of the Sager children and their perils on the Oregon Trail.… (plus d'informations)
I was read this book in 3rd grade and I realize now that that was extremely too young for this type of book. The deaths of the dogs were heartbreaking and I think caused a lot of us 3rd graders to realize the concept of mortality. It would be a good book to read in an English class or in a social studies class since the timeframe of when this book takes place. It shows the importance of hard work as the main character works extremely hard to buy his two pups.
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 3
- Membres
- 456
- Popularité
- #53,831
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 36