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by Wilson Rawls

Wilson Rawls based Where the Red Ferns Grows largely on his own boyhood in Scraper, Oklahoma. With encouragement from his wife, Sophie, he wrote the book in three weeks. She edited his poor grammar, it was serialized in the "Saturday Evening Post," and Doubleday published the novel in 1961. By the…

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What are some examples of foreshadowing in Where the Red Fern Grows?

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Posted By menea g #56597 at Mar 30, 2008 9:45 PM in Where the Red Fern Grows || 5 replies

I read the book about a thousand times, and i dont get the deeper meaning in it.

what is it?

Posted By julia w #96031 at Jun 03, 2009 11:52 PM in Where the Red Fern Grows || 0 replies

what does the title where the red fern grows represent?

can someone explain what the title means or represents?

Posted By joanna h #62883 at Aug 22, 2008 5:32 PM in Where the Red Fern Grows || 2 replies

theme

one theme is "understanding why bad things happen"but what incidences in the book support this theme?is this theme not specific enough?(I thought God has an reason for why things happens was an example to support this but my teacher wants 4 reasons and I am stuck!)

Posted By lely g #77107 at Jan 24, 2009 1:33 PM in Where the Red Fern Grows || 0 replies