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Favorite childhood novels? #6743986
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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.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743990
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Read my mind #2 also

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743992
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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


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6743998
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"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
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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.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744000
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Finster,

It’s Ironhead. Dosnt seem to be in print anymore.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: KeithC] #6744001
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Anything JackLondon. Red all his dog books and several others.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744005
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Where the Red Fern Grows for me too.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744006
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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744010
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Also all Jim Kjelgaard books


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744014
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The Hatchet series.

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: cjoutdoors] #6744019
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Originally Posted by cjoutdoors
Finster,

It’s 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.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: pcr2] #6744023
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Originally Posted by pcr2
Joe Dirt

Whatever, space peanut.


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744025
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All Louis Lamour westerns


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744028
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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



�Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.�
― Robert A. Heinlein
Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744029
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Originally Posted by pcr2
Joe Dirt

grin

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.....
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Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
The Obstinate Land by Harold Keith
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He wrote historical novels

Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744038
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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
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Originally Posted by Catch22
Originally Posted by pcr2
Joe Dirt

grin

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? grin


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Re: Favorite childhood novels? [Re: Finster] #6744048
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grin 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.....
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