TY - BOOK AU - Rawls,Wilson TI - Where the red fern grows: the story of two dogs and a boy SN - 0385020597 (1961 Doubleday trade) PY - 1996///, c1961 CY - New York PB - Delacorte Press KW - Dogs KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Hunting dogs KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Coming of age KW - Ozark Mountains KW - Oklahoma KW - Bildungsromans KW - gsafd N2 - A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds. When they win the annual coon-hunt contest, victory turns to tragedy and Billy's days of boyhood innocence rapidly end ER -