The Humpherys Family

The Red Pony

Record Added: 6/7/2020
Author 
Illustrator 
Setting United States
Topic Nature: Birds, Animals, F
Publisher The Viking Press
ISBN B00A4CCZGG   Year 1945
Age 9-12   Pages 132
Description Tan printed binding
 
Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, a hot-tempered pony his father gives him.

With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.
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