Young Adult Kjelgaard, Jim: Big Red. v2. 13 Oct 2011

pholy · 04-16-2010, 09:28 PM

My first contribution to the library; I hope it passes muster.

Jim Kjelgaard was one of the very first authors that I ever went looking for, and Big Red was the first of his stories that I read. I hesitate to call it Young Adult, but Children seem to be too young. Many of Jim's works were serialized in 'Boys Life' magazine (the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America) in the '50s.

It is the story of a teenage boy, living with his dad in the wilderness, who finds a most remarkable dog, and, in taking care of the dog, grows into a man.

If I can get permission from the artist, I will add the illustrations which came along with the scans. They are also wonderful.

v2 uploaded. Added in-line Contents, and made style sheet consistent with Irish Red and Outlaw Red. - 13 Oct 2011

Moe The Cat · 04-16-2010, 09:44 PM

This brings back memories. Growing up, I read all the Jim Kjelgaard books. Thanks, pholy!

Geyer · 07-31-2010, 02:43 PM

Thank you for posting this! I read all the author's books I could find, both fiction and nonfiction, when I was a kid. I remember "Hi Jolly" being the first I'd heard about the U.S. Camel Corps.

--Chris

crich70 · 06-19-2014, 11:46 PM

As I recall Disney made a movie version of this story starring Walter Pigeon. They changed a few details around of course.

04-16-2010, 09:28 PM	#1
pholy Booklegger Posts: 1,801 Karma: 7999816 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Device: BeBook(1 & 2010), PEZ, PRS-505, Kobo BT, PRS-T1, Playbook, Kobo Touch	Kjelgaard, Jim: Big Red. v2. 13 Oct 2011 My first contribution to the library; I hope it passes muster. Jim Kjelgaard was one of the very first authors that I ever went looking for, and Big Red was the first of his stories that I read. I hesitate to call it Young Adult, but Children seem to be too young. Many of Jim's works were serialized in 'Boys Life' magazine (the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America) in the '50s. It is the story of a teenage boy, living with his dad in the wilderness, who finds a most remarkable dog, and, in taking care of the dog, grows into a man. If I can get permission from the artist, I will add the illustrations which came along with the scans. They are also wonderful. v2 uploaded. Added in-line Contents, and made style sheet consistent with Irish Red and Outlaw Red. - 13 Oct 2011 Last edited by pholy; 10-13-2011 at 08:22 PM.

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Moe The Cat Bear Melt Posts: 919 Karma: 5433051 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Toronto Device: Google Pixel 6, Moto G9 Power (both with Fbreader) & Kindle PW2	This brings back memories. Growing up, I read all the Jim Kjelgaard books. Thanks, pholy!

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Geyer Member Posts: 13 Karma: 1284 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Southern California Device: Sony Clie, Sony Reader 300, iPod Touch, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 2013	Thank you for posting this! I read all the author's books I could find, both fiction and nonfiction, when I was a kid. I remember "Hi Jolly" being the first I'd heard about the U.S. Camel Corps. --Chris

06-19-2014, 11:46 PM	#4
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	As I recall Disney made a movie version of this story starring Walter Pigeon. They changed a few details around of course.

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