Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawlsliterary work· published 1961
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Where the Red Fern Grows is a 1961 children's novel by Wilson Rawls about a boy who buys and trains two Redbone Coonhounds for hunting. It is a work of autobiographical fiction based on Rawls' childhood in the Ozarks. The novel begins in 1961 when a middle-aged man named Billy Colman rescues a Redbone Coonhound from neighborhood dogs and takes it home to recover. The incident reminds him of the faithful dogs he owned as a boy in the Ozarks. The story then travels decades prior to a ten-year-old Billy seeking a pair of redbone coonhounds for coon hunting. After seeing a magazine ad for them, he spends the next two years working odd jobs to earn the $50 he needs to buy a pair and walks 20 miles to Tahlequah to retrieve them.
Adaptations (2)
Where the Red Fern Grows has been adapted into 2 films, from 1974 to 2003.
Where the Red Fern Grows1974 · film · 97 min · dir. Norman Tokar · IMDb ↗IMDb6.949MetacriticBilly Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann.
Where the Red Fern Grows2003 · film · 86 min · dir. Lyman Dayton, Sam Pillsbury · IMDb ↗IMDb6.4Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with "Old Dan" and "Little Ann."
