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Savage Sam - by Fred Gipson (Paperback)

Savage Sam - by  Fred Gipson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Tells the thrilling story of a dog names Savage Sam, who is the son of Old Yeller.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>What Mr. Gipson has written is the story of a grim situation, a desperate chase, filled with brutality and heroism, yet he has written it with a sense of young wonder and even, at time, with humor. -<em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p><strong>The thrilling story of the son of Old Yeller</strong></p><p>In this sequel to <em>Old Yeller</em>, Travis and his younger brother Arliss are kidnapped by a band of Apaches, and Savage Sam, the son of the beloved yellow dog, Old Yeller, leads a frantic chase to bring them back.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This is a tale about a dog we called Savage Sam. It's partly about me, too, and about Papa and Little Arliss and a girl named Lisbeth Searcy and some others. But it's mainly about Sam, on account of without him, there wouldn't have been much of a tale to tell or anybody left to tell it.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Gipson, again, has given us a purely wonderful hunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation.--<strong><em>Chicago Sunday Tribune</em></strong><br><br>Memorable again, like <em>Old Yeller</em>.--<strong><em>Horn Book</em></strong><br><br>The story itself isn't in any sense a children's book, though most teen-age readers will enjoy every exciting chapter. What Mr. Gipson has written is the story of a grim situation, a desperate chase, filled with brutality and heroism, yet he has written it with a sense of young wonder and even, at times, with humor.--<strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br>

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