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Favorite childhood novels? #6743986 01/25/20 04:19 PM 01/25/20 04:19 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA. Finster OP trapper
Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA.	What were your favorite childhood novels? I had three that probably sent me on the path of today. 1. My side of the mountain 2. Where the red fern grows 3. Ironside? The "ironside" novel I cannot find and I may have the title wrong. It was about a boy in the everglades that had a father who was "out of it" and the boy caught rattle snakes to milk for the money. If anyone knows this book, please let me know the correct title. The name "Ironside" came from an old gator he used to see all the time. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743990 01/25/20 04:21 PM 01/25/20 04:21 PM
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PineDoggin trapper Joined: Dec 2016 Posts: 1,520 N.J.	Read my mind #2 also

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743992 01/25/20 04:23 PM 01/25/20 04:23 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	The Jeff White series written right here in Maine by Lew Diaz. Jeff White young trapper Jeff White young woodsman Jeff White young fire fighter Jeff White young guide Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743998 01/25/20 04:29 PM 01/25/20 04:29 PM
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KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Posts: 15,632 Champaign County, Ohio.	"The Chronicles of Narnia" "My Side of the Mountain" was very good too. My Uncle David gave me a very worn out copy when I was around 8 years old. He had an excellent library of outdoor books and fish and wildlife management books from attending Hocking Tech. I read dozens of his books. David hunted, fished, trapped, mushroom hunted, did taxidermy and was a great woodsman. He was my hero when I was a kid. Keith

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743999 01/25/20 04:30 PM 01/25/20 04:30 PM
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Buck (Zandra) trapper B Joined: May 2011 Posts: 2,494 Garden,Michigan	Readers Digest condensed books,they had a series based on the history of America,the first one was called"the forerunners",a novel about a young man that headed west to be a Mountain Man. Buck(formely known as Zandra)

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744000 01/25/20 04:30 PM 01/25/20 04:30 PM
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cjoutdoors trapper C Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 26 New Jersey	Finster, It’s Ironhead. Dosnt seem to be in print anymore.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: KeithC] #6744001 01/25/20 04:30 PM 01/25/20 04:30 PM
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Big Possum trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 662 Illinois	Anything JackLondon. Red all his dog books and several others. If it ain't grinnin I ain't skinnin

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744005 01/25/20 04:32 PM 01/25/20 04:32 PM
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Sprung & Rusty trapper Joined: Dec 2018 Posts: 5,214 Crivitz WI	Where the Red Fern Grows for me too. No Jab.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744006 01/25/20 04:32 PM 01/25/20 04:32 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744010 01/25/20 04:34 PM 01/25/20 04:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	Also all Jim Kjelgaard books Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744014 01/25/20 04:37 PM 01/25/20 04:37 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: cjoutdoors] #6744019 01/25/20 04:38 PM 01/25/20 04:38 PM
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Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA.	Originally Posted by cjoutdoors Finster, Its Ironhead. Dosnt seem to be in print anymore. THANKS! It's been driving me crazy! I'll find a copy someplace. I would like to read it again. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: pcr2] #6744023 01/25/20 04:39 PM 01/25/20 04:39 PM
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Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA.	Originally Posted by pcr2 Joe Dirt Whatever, space peanut. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744025 01/25/20 04:41 PM 01/25/20 04:41 PM
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Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	All Louis Lamour westerns Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744028 01/25/20 04:42 PM 01/25/20 04:42 PM
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nightlife trapper N Joined: May 2008 Posts: 3,880 Mn	All of the above along with the books by Steffen Meader Willum O Steel Walter Moray The Jeff White books are bloody expensive if you can find them I would love to find copys that I could afford ï¿½Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.ï¿½ â€• Robert A. Heinlein

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744029 01/25/20 04:42 PM 01/25/20 04:42 PM
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Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Originally Posted by pcr2 Joe Dirt I didn't read books as a kid, they bored me to death. Reading assignments in school were the worst, I truly didn't care as a kid about Anne Frank. I wanted to be outside! I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744030 01/25/20 04:42 PM 01/25/20 04:42 PM
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bfisch trapper Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 1,144 AK	Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith The Obstinate Land by Harold Keith . He wrote historical novels

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744038 01/25/20 04:47 PM 01/25/20 04:47 PM
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J.Morse trapper J Joined: May 2013 Posts: 5,109 Northern Michigan	Originally Posted by Finster What were your favorite childhood novels? I had three that probably sent me on the path of today. 1. My side of the mountain 2. Where the red fern grows 3. Ironside? The "ironside" novel I cannot find and I may have the title wrong. It was about a boy in the everglades that had a father who was "out of it" and the boy caught rattle snakes to milk for the money. If anyone knows this book, please let me know the correct title. The name "Ironside" came from an old gator he used to see all the time. Yep, Ironhead, by Allan W. Eckert. A favorite of mine, as I lived in southern Florida for a bit as a boy. My Side Of The Mountain, by Jean George also was a favorite. My copy of the Ruark novel The Old Man And The Boy was nearly worn out as well.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Catch22] #6744039 01/25/20 04:48 PM 01/25/20 04:48 PM
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Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA.	Originally Posted by Catch22 Originally Posted by pcr2 Joe Dirt I didn't read books as a kid, they bored me to death. Reading assignments in school were the worst, I truly didn't care as a kid about Anne Frank. I wanted to be outside! Well, there were days it rained but I guess momma didn't give you enough sense to come out of it? I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744048 01/25/20 04:51 PM 01/25/20 04:51 PM
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Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Nope lol. I just seen where Allan Eckert wrote that one book you like Finster. He's one of my fav's. When I got older I was turned on to him and I have several of his books including the Frontiersmen. I don't read so well anymore so I'm looking for his books on tape. I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744052 01/25/20 04:53 PM 01/25/20 04:53 PM
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yellowdog trapper Y Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 79 connecticut,madison	Robert Ruark "old man and the boy" Louis Lamour read most of them a few times

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744055 01/25/20 04:54 PM 01/25/20 04:54 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744079 01/25/20 05:19 PM 01/25/20 05:19 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: pcr2] #6744083 01/25/20 05:26 PM 01/25/20 05:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA. Finster OP trapper
Finster OP trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,028 Fredonia, PA.	Originally Posted by pcr2 i'm full circle on the nat geo. Good grief.... I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744102 01/25/20 05:55 PM 01/25/20 05:55 PM
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Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 Posts: 10,870 SW Georgia	Not sure if you’d call them novels, but at one time I read every Louis L’Amour book written. Even later on I’d buy his newer books. Sometime after Uncle Sam and moving around, I lost my entire collection.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Wanna Be] #6744103 01/25/20 05:56 PM 01/25/20 05:56 PM
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Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by Wanna Be Not sure if you’d call them novels, but at one time I read every Louis L’Amour book written. Even later on I’d buy his newer books. Sometime after Uncle Sam and moving around, I lost my entire collection. Got them all Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Bruce T] #6744105 01/25/20 06:04 PM 01/25/20 06:04 PM
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yotetrapper30 trapper Joined: May 2011 Posts: 16,577 Oakland, MS	Originally Posted by Bruce T Also all Jim Kjelgaard books This times 100x. ALL great books for any youngster that enjoys the outdoors. ~~Proud Ultra MAGA~~

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: yotetrapper30] #6744131 01/25/20 06:33 PM 01/25/20 06:33 PM
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Zim trapper Z Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,998 Rock Springs, WI	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, ditto Huckleberry Finn. I always liked Mark Twain's wit and sense of humor. I also read every thing I could find that Jack O'Connor wrote in the Outdoor Life Magazines. Corey Ford and Ed Zern articles too in Field and Stream, Sports Afield, etc. Zim

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744138 01/25/20 06:44 PM 01/25/20 06:44 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744148 01/25/20 06:55 PM 01/25/20 06:55 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744166 01/25/20 07:10 PM 01/25/20 07:10 PM
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tomahawker trapper T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,010 ohio	Louis lamour x 3. Under the Sweetwater Rim my fave www.tomahawkoutdoors.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744168 01/25/20 07:11 PM 01/25/20 07:11 PM
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330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,038 Minnesota	Where the red fern grows...#1 for me NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: tomahawker] #6744175 01/25/20 07:15 PM 01/25/20 07:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine Bruce T trapper
Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by tomahawker Louis lamour x 3. Under the Sweetwater Rim my fave Mine is just call me nobody Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744176 01/25/20 07:15 PM 01/25/20 07:15 PM
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J Staton Unregistered J	The novels by Dr. Seuss were pretty good too. Classics such as 'Green Eggs and Ham' and 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish' are hard to beat.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744180 01/25/20 07:16 PM 01/25/20 07:16 PM
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Hodagtrapper Muskrat Master Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 6,119 Northern Wisconsin,Rhinelander	Trap-lines North by Stephen Meader. Published in 1936 Chris >>In God we trust<<

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744195 01/25/20 07:21 PM 01/25/20 07:21 PM
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tomahawker trapper T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,010 ohio	Oh yeah, nother I remember liking was Borden Chantry www.tomahawkoutdoors.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744196 01/25/20 07:22 PM 01/25/20 07:22 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Catch22] #6744207 01/25/20 07:26 PM 01/25/20 07:26 PM
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Donnie H trapper D Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 3,591 Va. Lee Co.	Where the Red Fern Grows...

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744238 01/25/20 07:39 PM 01/25/20 07:39 PM
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Gulo "On The Other Hand" G Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 2,693 Idaho, Lemhi County	John Steinbeck was my favorite author as a youngster. Tortilla Flat, Cannery Row, Sweet Thursday, and Travels with Charlie were the best in my recollection. I ought to search them out and read 'em again. I don't remember the author (can probably google it), but another one I really liked as a second-grader was "Two Logs Crossing". It was about an independent young trapper. "Old Man and the Boy" was wonderful. Small Town D.A. by Rob't Traver.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744290 01/25/20 07:59 PM 01/25/20 07:59 PM
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Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,166 Pa.	I read every Hemingway novel written by the time I was 14. My favorites were Death in the Afternoon, The Old Man and the Sea, and For Whom the Bell Tolls.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: 330-Trapper] #6744291 01/25/20 08:00 PM 01/25/20 08:00 PM
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tomahawker trapper T Joined: May 2009 Posts: 3,010 ohio	Originally Posted by 330-Trapper My Favorite set was Tarzan by Edgar Rice burroughs Tantor and Sabor! www.tomahawkoutdoors.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744294 01/25/20 08:00 PM 01/25/20 08:00 PM
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charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 10,826 Asheville, NC	To Build a Fire Mobey Dick Where the Red Fern Grows

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744302 01/25/20 08:03 PM 01/25/20 08:03 PM
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NE Wildlife trapper N Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,875 Northeast Wisconsin	https://youtu.be/ielt_9SyyH0

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Bruce T] #6744321 01/25/20 08:16 PM 01/25/20 08:16 PM
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Yes sir "Callie's little brother" Y Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 10,129 Marion Kansas	Originally Posted by Bruce T Originally Posted by Wanna Be Not sure if you’d call them novels, but at one time I read every Louis L’Amour book written. Even later on I’d buy his newer books. Sometime after Uncle Sam and moving around, I lost my entire collection. Got them all Got them all also, leather bound set for $300 in a gun store. Walking Drum is my favorite and it isnt a Western.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744324 01/25/20 08:17 PM 01/25/20 08:17 PM
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Hydropillar trapper H Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 2,958 South Dakota	a good book to read to the kids was harris and me... by gary paulson... i read a cpl chapters every night it was hilarious.... they all remember that as quality time !! The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744339 01/25/20 08:25 PM 01/25/20 08:25 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Yes sir] #6744341 01/25/20 08:27 PM 01/25/20 08:27 PM
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Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	Originally Posted by Yes sir Got them all also, leather bound set for $300 in a gun store. Very nice Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744360 01/25/20 08:42 PM 01/25/20 08:42 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744367 01/25/20 08:48 PM 01/25/20 08:48 PM
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Bruce T trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 41,859 Northern Maine	Call of the wild was good.So was wild trek Nevada bound

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744415 01/25/20 09:27 PM 01/25/20 09:27 PM
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rick olson trapper Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 6,956 Northern Mn	Where the Red Fern Grows,not novels but could hardly wait for Outdoor Life to come in the mail and read the stories,The old Trapper and Predator caller and Fur Fish Game,i day dreamed a little too much in school,but did make the B honor roll,just think if I wouldn't have been wishing to be out in the great outdoor doing just about anything other than being in a classroom.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744419 01/25/20 09:33 PM 01/25/20 09:33 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744422 01/25/20 09:36 PM 01/25/20 09:36 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744423 01/25/20 09:36 PM 01/25/20 09:36 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744425 01/25/20 09:37 PM 01/25/20 09:37 PM
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3 Fingers trapper 3 Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,629 alaska	Moby Dick , War and Peace, Ulysses , Encyclopedia Britanica A-Z. My side of the mountain. Rascal

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744456 01/25/20 10:07 PM 01/25/20 10:07 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744463 01/25/20 10:11 PM 01/25/20 10:11 PM
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Catch22 trapper Joined: Nov 2015 Posts: 16,951 OH	Judy Blume Blubber I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744478 01/25/20 10:24 PM 01/25/20 10:24 PM
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star flakes trapper Joined: Feb 2015 Posts: 776 MN, USA	That Ironhead is one expensive book for being out of print. My favorite was Starman Jones by Robert Heinlein. Had piles of books we could order from school for a dime to a quarter. Still have all of them.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744493 01/25/20 10:36 PM 01/25/20 10:36 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744500 01/25/20 10:41 PM 01/25/20 10:41 PM
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chas3457 trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 8,735 Nebraska, Dawson County	Ruark's "The Old Man And The Boy". For my money, Ruark could write circles around Hemingway. Charlie Old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm. NRA Life Member ~ GOA Member ~ NFOA Member ~ UNMLA Member

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744507 01/25/20 10:46 PM 01/25/20 10:46 PM
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DelawareRob trapper Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 8,770 East of the Mason-Dixon Line	Well, as others have said. Where the red fern grows! I’ll add James and the giant peach, also Charlotte’s Web. Last edited by DelawareRob; 01/25/20 10:48 PM. Who is John Galt? You don't rise to the occasion, you fall to the level of your training. Semper Paratus

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: chas3457] #6744515 01/25/20 10:50 PM 01/25/20 10:50 PM
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Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,039 SEPA	Originally Posted by chas3457 Ruark's "The Old Man And The Boy". For my money, Ruark could write circles around Hemingway. Charlie That is one of the best books I have ever read. And it is one of the few that I thought was so good that I have actually reread it. Ruark and Hemingway are both great riders but they have completely different styles. Eh...wot?

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744521 01/25/20 10:54 PM 01/25/20 10:54 PM
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12 point trapper 1 Joined: Jan 2018 Posts: 82 West Central Illinois	Not sure if this was in “novel” form, but Ol’ Yeller is a classic

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744538 01/25/20 11:08 PM 01/25/20 11:08 PM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6745096 01/26/20 11:29 AM 01/26/20 11:29 AM
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6745131 01/26/20 12:00 PM 01/26/20 12:00 PM
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DWC trapper D Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,443 SE SD	There were a few books, Irish Red, Big Red ect.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Hydropillar] #6745140 01/26/20 12:10 PM 01/26/20 12:10 PM
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gryhkl trapper G Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 6,683 PA	Originally Posted by Hydropillar a good book to read to the kids was harris and me... by gary paulson... i read a cpl chapters every night it was hilarious.... they all remember that as quality time !! Reading to your young kids ifs one of the best things you can do for them. I didn't do much of it but my wife read to our sons every night. They often say how much they loved those stories. And they all read a lot themselves when they were old enough. I think it had a lot to do with how well the did in school and life in general.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747183 01/27/20 07:46 PM 01/27/20 07:46 PM
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BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 21,031 St. Louis Co, Mo	Box Car Children Tom Swift series "Freddy"series by Brooks Matt Helm series James Bond series Black Beauty Heidi Books by Alexandre Dumas, (Musketeers, Count of Monte Cristo) And so many more I can't remember them all. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747187 01/27/20 07:49 PM 01/27/20 07:49 PM
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Lugnut trapper L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 20,039 SEPA	I'm surprised no one mentioned the "Sugar Creek Gang" series. Eh...wot?

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747190 01/27/20 07:51 PM 01/27/20 07:51 PM
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20scout trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 5,510 West Central MN	Where the Red Fern Grows Common sense is a not a vegetable that does well in everyone's garden.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Bruce T] #6747239 01/27/20 08:37 PM 01/27/20 08:37 PM
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Honeydog trapper H Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 124 Hubbard , Ohio	I also read all the Jeff White books . Most are in my library now. I bought them out of print years later. Very expensive !

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747243 01/27/20 08:39 PM 01/27/20 08:39 PM
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farmnhunt trapper F Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 345 MISSOURI,Laclede Co	Hatchet series and Walt Morey's books

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Bruce T] #6747592 01/28/20 07:08 AM 01/28/20 07:08 AM
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mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,958 new york	Bruce, those books bring back memories.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747593 01/28/20 07:10 AM 01/28/20 07:10 AM
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mike mason trapper M Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 2,958 new york	Robinson Crusoe

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747598 01/28/20 07:22 AM 01/28/20 07:22 AM
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pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	i still read the "see spot" collection before bed.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747640 01/28/20 08:34 AM 01/28/20 08:34 AM
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obaro trapper O Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 142 Northwest Kansas	The series by Ralph Moody which started with Little Britches; Big Enough was another in that series. Can't remember all the titles, but I read them all a few times growing up. As has been said, Louis Lamour and Jim Kjelgard, too.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747642 01/28/20 08:37 AM 01/28/20 08:37 AM
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newtoga trapper N Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,600 Ohio	Jim kelgard books. Big red, swamp cat ect lifetime member NTA, OSTA, GTA

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747766 01/28/20 10:29 AM 01/28/20 10:29 AM
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Redknot trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,154 Tug Hill, NY	My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George Hie to the Hunters by Jessie Stuart ~Illegitimi Non Carborundum~

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747778 01/28/20 10:40 AM 01/28/20 10:40 AM
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Posco trapper Joined: Nov 2017 Posts: 11,254 Maine, Aroostook	Another vote for My Side of the Mountain. I wore that out.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747783 01/28/20 10:47 AM 01/28/20 10:47 AM
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330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 63,038 Minnesota	At 12 I shouldn't have read Amityville horror That was a bad mistake NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6747819 01/28/20 11:16 AM 01/28/20 11:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,565 Nebraska Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,565 Nebraska	I read a small paper back when I was a kid rained in for several days in Canada. I would love to know what it was but I don't know the title or the author. It was about a boy who had it kind of rough at home. He would go fishing by fast water in a dam or something like a dam close to town and described the red and white dare devil spoon in great detail. He also went hunting once with his uncle, who was a veteran of war, not sure which one, I think Korea. The boy describes burying his head in his uncles Chesapeake Bay Retrievers fur to mask the smell of his uncles booze bottle when opened in the truck on way to blind. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was not exactly an award winning novel but I would like to get a copy for old times sake. www.rtssetter.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6748507 01/28/20 08:57 PM 01/28/20 08:57 PM
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Trapset trapper Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,565 Nebraska	Bump............... Anyone? www.rtssetter.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6748546 01/28/20 09:19 PM 01/28/20 09:19 PM
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Foxpaw trapper F Joined: May 2016 Posts: 3,517 Southern Illinois	Where the Red Fern Grows. I had a pair of hounds named Dan and Ann. I told about having to dig Ann out of a hole one nite on a thread some time back.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Trapset] #6748615 01/28/20 10:09 PM 01/28/20 10:09 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,565 Nebraska Trapset trapper
Trapset trapper Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4,565 Nebraska	Originally Posted by Trapset I read a small paper back when I was a kid rained in for several days in Canada. I would love to know what it was but I don't know the title or the author. It was about a boy who had it kind of rough at home. He would go fishing by fast water in a dam or something like a dam close to town and described the red and white dare devil spoon in great detail. He also went hunting once with his uncle, who was a veteran of war, not sure which one, I think Korea. The boy describes burying his head in his uncles Chesapeake Bay Retrievers fur to mask the smell of his uncles booze bottle when opened in the truck on way to blind. Does this sound familiar to anyone? It was not exactly an award winning novel but I would like to get a copy for old times sake. Wanted to see if anyone on the night crew recognizes this book. www.rtssetter.com

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6748625 01/28/20 10:19 PM 01/28/20 10:19 PM
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proratman trapper P Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,970 New York	"The Pond" by Robert Murphy. Walt Disney made a movie based on this great novel. It was about a young boy growing up in the deep south. He lived in the city and got himself into trouble. His father felt that the best option for him was to live with his uncle in the woods on "The Pond". There he learned to hunt turkeys and fish. His uncle was a muskrat trapper. His uncle and the woods, made him into a man.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6748685 01/28/20 11:17 PM 01/28/20 11:17 PM
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charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 10,826 Asheville, NC	Old an and the Boy is pretty good.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6749412 01/29/20 03:25 PM 01/29/20 03:25 PM
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Trapper7 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,697 MN, Land of 10,000 Lakes	Where the Red Fern Grows Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn Sherlock Holmes We are told not to judge all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but are told to judge all gunowners by the actions of a few.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Bruce T] #6749545 01/29/20 05:38 PM 01/29/20 05:38 PM
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1crazytrapper trapper Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 815 Nebraska	Originally Posted by Bruce T Also all Jim Kjelgaard books Big red and the other "red" books with Danny in them were my favorites. Member of NFH and NRA

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