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Old Yeller by Fred Gipson5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Outside all of his routine responsibilities, Travis also delves into the occasional life-and-death defense mode against wild animals and this is where Old Yeller, a stray dog that moves in with the family, helps. However, no matter the situation, Mama patiently allows Travis to state his intentions and then follow through – thereby enabling Travis to see the consequences of his own decisions and at the same time, to learn where to make corrections. Readers may note in his mother the urge to make corrections. Daily work for Travis includes cow milking, wood cutting, pig branding, hunting, and tending to the corn fields – that is only a portion of his day! Travis has such obvious pride in his work and responsibilities and in the honor of moving past boyhood and becoming a man. When my thirteen-year-old son told me this month that Old Yeller is “one of the best books” he has ever read, I knew I had to look at that classic work of fiction.įred Gipson sets this story in 1860s Texas where everyday surroundings still include snakes, wolves, bobcats, wild hogs, and raccoons, not to mention fighting bulls that walk freely from one farmstead to the next! Fourteen-year-old Travis now has charge of the family (of caring for “Mama and Little Arliss”) and farm while his “Papa” is on a cattle run to Kansas. ![]()
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