watching it on amazon prime.

Book is much better.

I get the impression ol' Rog takes care of his porn personally.

He don't need to watch it on the TV.

Geno

Red the book when I was in the 7th grade, and it made me cry. A couple of years later, got some beagle hounds and named them Ann and Dan. Watched the movie when it came out, and will have to say that it'll bring tears to a dog lovers eyes. But, book is better.

If you don’t cry, you’re a sociopath

😃

have read the book when i was about 8.

I teach middle school. At some point in my room my students get Where the Red Fern Grows and Summer of the Monkeys read to them. Still tear up when the dogs die

Very very good movie

Never saw the movie but I had the book and read it a dozen times. I got it for a birthday or something right after it came out in '61.

Which one? The old one or the newer one with Dave Matthews? I have a tattoo on my right forearm because of that movie.

That's right.

Movie is pretty good, but many of those 1970s movies and teevee shows show their age because for some reason they did not insist the actors get period-correct haircuts. Olde Tymey or Sci-fi, same awful 1970s haircuts.

I’ve got a copy around here still. Probably my third. Still haven’t seen the movie.
And yes, if you don’t get misty eyed reading it, you’ve got some problems.
Great book if you hunt or if you love dogs. I’m both.
7mm

I have it on DVD. Watch it again every couple years or so. Great story.

I read the book until the pages came unbound. I didn’t know a book, words simply printed on paper, could conjure up such powerful mental images or elicit such a strong emotional response.

Leather is the key to a long life..

I checked out and read the book literally dozen's of times in school. Made me want coon dogs so bad!



I have a hard copy now.

Great. Wonderful. Thanks a ton.

Yep.

I'm a dog lover, and one reading, was more than enough for me, reading it again would kind of be like zipping your dick in your zipper, because it didn't hurt bad enough the first time......

I'm NOT a dog lover but I remember that one "got" me all the same. I hadn't thought of it in years ...

How many times have you read, "For whom the bell tolls" ? I got that one on the first read also.

I'm watching it on youtube now.

The directors should have learned the difference between a Treeing Walker and a Bluetick, however.

Watched it the first time in elementary school. Hits you right in the feelz. I still love that film.

Much bether and sadder than old yeller

I read it in middle school sometime. While I found the deaths' of the dogs sad, I found a much deeper sadness in something I could not quite explain at the time: the loss of a way of life. I found that I was longing for something that I had never truly known. The beautiful isolation of that mountain community and the simple existence of the people described there juxtaposed with the urban world that the boy-turned-man found himself living in was one of the first times I remember bemoaning the fact that the ceaseless drive of progress cares not for the beauty of what is, believing only in the superiority of what can be.

Evening, my two daughters bought both video tapes for me. There in mint condition, only played once. I think they both got a kick out of their six foot three inches, 225lb, Dad tearing up like a school girl. Joke was on them, I had seen it before so when that scene came up I left the room & went to the wash room. When I came back they were both balling their eyes out along with Mom. I asked what was wrong & ya couldn't understand anything any of them said. Like I said both tapes are in mint condition. Bill out. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

Great read and good movie. I gotta read it again, been a long time.

That was my Dads most favorite movie, He told my brother and I many times that he and his older brother lived many of the scenes in that movie. My Dad could not wait til my son and daughter were old enough to watch and understand the movie . it became a family tradition for my Mom and Dad to have both kids stay over for his birthday and have a pizza party and watch that movie. now when its his birthday my wife and kids have a pizza party and watch it. there is never a dry eye in the house, I am not sure if it is the movie or just some of our memories of days gone by. but with all that we would not ever think about not watching it every march 21st !!!

But what about Ol’ Yeller??

Yep. Me too

Was just talking about this book the other day with the old lady. I'd read that book several dozens of times as a kid. I remember laying on the bed, a piece of horehound candy (the type his grandfather gave him in the store) and being lost in the story. Can't remember where the parents got that not-so-great tasting candy, but I would pop a piece or two whenever I'd read the book. Wasn't hard to keep a stash of it, as it was pretty horrible! But had to have some when reading the book.

Movie was okay, but the book was where it was at.

Buddy of mine in school also a big fan. He picked up a pair of beagles and named them "Big Dan" and "Sweet Ann" in honor of "Old Dan and Little Ann" in the book. At 11 or 12 years old or so, we'd take off chasing jackrabbits with them dogs. Pretty sure we never shot a rabbit over them dogs, but damn we had fun. We didn't shoot cottontails, and at that time didn't know a beagle wasn't for a crap for jackrabbit hunting in the cedars! High hopes of slaying loads of jacks were dashed!

Here we are 40 years later, and still best of buds, and still talk about that book from time to time (and our time fartin' around as kids in 70's Northern AZ).

read that, savage sam and hound dog man.

Don’t forget Little Arliss!

Yep...movie and book is a gooder.

Great book. I didn’t care for the movie quite as much.

If you like Wilson Rawls, pick up a copy of “Summer of the Monkeys”. It’s as good as the Red Fern.

Actually, I think I've read the book about 3 times. I've also watched the movie at least half a dozen time, and never get tired of it. Gary Cooper was outstanding, as well as Ingrid Bergman, and the supporting cast.

Three.

Another good one is The Voice Of Bugle Ann.

I think the reason why the movie is not as good as the book is because we all painted a picture in our minds of what each adventure looked like. It makes it a personal experience. Then when the movie looks different, you're kind of left going "NO, that's not how it looked!" lol

Yep. I would agree with this. It was an amazing story to read a young boy.

If someone did a movie based on the Rainbow Bridge...I just couldn't watch it. Just couldn't.

All of the above, plus.

For their first “date” my Dad took my Mother to that little country store in the movie, and bought her a bottle of pop. She was riding a horse to visit a neighbor when he came along on his horse and asked her to ride to the store with him. Visiting a cousin in that area a few years ago, he knew where the store was and took me there.

Ruark's "The old man and the boy" should be one of every 12 year olds birthday gifts, there are so many good reads out there I don't see the point of reading many of them twice.

Dan and Ann

They made a book out of that? I'll have to check it out

My wife has a first edition of that book signed by the author. All our kids cried their eyes out reading it so there may be some stained pages.

It made an impression on me as a kid. Got a pair of redbones and named them Ann and Dan. Dan was as
fine of a hunting dog I ever had until he got stolen. Ann was the deer runningest dog I’ve ever seen. I need to have my son read the book.

This . Got my first copy in about 1972 at 8 years old. I’ve worn two out. Always wanted to have a place in the Ozarks since

And for all you readers, one that will tear your heart out by the roots , look up “ Beautiful Joe” my God , I had all but forgotten about that one . It’s heartbreaking / warming and a classic

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Joe

Amen brother

As a hound man and lover, if you watched it and didn't tear up you weren't a rea' hound lover. Another good one was the old one calledl "the biscuit eater" They don't make hunting dog movies anymore

Read it when I was about 10-12. My Mom saved each weeks installment in the Red Deer Advocate. Great story and I did cry. I believe I've seen the movie and while it is decent, it is no where as good as the book.

It is a classic that everyone should read.

The book is always better than the movie.

I had forgotten all about the "The Biscuit Eater"

So true.

I've probably seen both movies but which of the 2 is the best the 2003 version?

Read the book many times. It's definitely one of my favorites although I rather enjoyed "Daniel Boone and the Caroliney Trail" also lol.

I read the book when I was 13 and loved it. But it kicked my ass, no denying it. Three lifetimes later I still remember the story perfectly, and have never read it again. I’ll won’t watch the movie simply because the book told the story perfectly.

Wilson Rawls came to the school where my dad taught back in about ‘74. He tells about how Mr. Rawls was extremely uncomfortable speaking to the school, and how he struggled to autograph books with the assistance of his wife who wrote customers names on a paper for him to copy into each book. Apparently his life’s story was extremely powerful. He grew up very uneducated, and very poor. He originally wrote all of his books on opened grocery bags. When he met the woman who later became his wife who was very well educated, he was so ashamed of his low level of literacy that he burned up a box full of rolled up “books.” Only after they’d been married for a few years did he confess to what he’d done. His wife encouraged and helped him rewrite his stories from memory and get them to print. Other stories are lost forever.

While I never met Mr. Rawls, I have personally autograph copies of Red Fern and Summer of the Monkeys. They live A protected life in a barrister bookcase, and are two items I’d try to save if I smelled smoke.