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The Red Pony's also peppered with moments of human courage, brilliance and love. Jody's devotion ...more...]]> 3 8 false false Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 23:49:39 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 14:08:31 -0700 2009 Where ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 10:36:38 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 11:17:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 08:26:23 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 09:15:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 21 13:45:13 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 18:04:20 -0800 2008
Sure I had read Of Mice and Men and Grapes Of Wrath in High School, but that was a number of years ago, and I can hardly remember either.

I found The Red Pony (a mass market paperback edition) all worn and hidden on one o...more...]]> 2 2 false false Tue Dec 09 19:18:40 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 20:06:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sun Oct 07 20:18:33 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 07 20:21:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false true Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 09 04:32:54 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 09 04:35:02 -0800 2009 I know this is a classic and all, and it really was well written... but I've never been able to get the imagery out of my head, of this buzzard plucking this pony's eye out. While I know that's the sign of a good writer, the detail and being able to visualize it... It strikes me as being almo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 23:00:32 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 04:17:58 -0800 2009 Plot Summary
The Red Pony is divided into four stories, all centered on a young boy named Jody Tiflin. Each part of the book tells critical events in Jody's childhood. The first story is called The Gift. This story describes Carl Tiflin's family and ranch, which will be the setting of all four ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1987 Sun Apr 20 23:37:54 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 23:45:34 -0700 2008
Jody's need to love and be loved by his brusque father, and the sudden underst...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 11:36:11 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 29 22:24:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 09:05:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 12:09:38 -0700 2009
There’s a kind of atmosphere that Steinbeck creates, perhaps you can only know that atmosphere if ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Feb 21 09:15:06 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 10:17:07 -0800 2008 Travels with Charlie review, you'll see that I do not entirely appreciate John Steinbeck and his works. Nevertheless, this one was acceptable as the plot took us on a sort of "Old Yeller" journey. But with a horse.

Also, if this book were even a page longer I wo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 06:43:27 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 06:48:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 20 20:02:10 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 20:02:10 -0700 2009
The characters are familiar and human. The setting is ordinary, but there are ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 07:23:49 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:21:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 07 07:54:09 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 07:55:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:59:18 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 19:10:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Tue Dec 23 09:05:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 09:05:37 -0800 2008 hated it. I just didn't get it. I believe I read it again not too many years after and liked it a little better, but pretty much all I remember about it is that the boy had to cut open feste...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2234904