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A wonderfully, touching story of a boy and his dogs. Young Billy spent two years picking berries, selling furs, chopping wood and other activities to save enough money to buy the two red coon hounds he had his heart set on acquiring. The threesome was inseparable as they roamed the hills and river bottoms of the Cherokee country. Nighttime was filled with the baying of the two hounds as they tracked the scent of the wily raccoons. Old Dan had the brawn and Little Ann had the brains, and Billy ha
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There are books I've read and can't recall the plot or main characters a few weeks after I finished. I read this book in grade school, around age 9, I'm 37 now and I still remember it and still find it moving.
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