The old man and the boy
by Robert Chester Ruark
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In The Old Man and The Boy, Robert Ruark has written a classic. The story of this fabulous friendship has no parallel in modern literature. It has already been acclaimed as one of the most moving and beautifully written tales of this or any other decade.
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The Old Man and the Boy
December 15, 1990, Henry Holt and Co.
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in English
0805002391 9780805002393
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""THERE'S ALWAYS ONE WAY TO SEPARATE THE MEN FROM THE BOYS . . ." the old man said. "Watch and see if a feller'll do a thing the hard way, when all the other fellers are sitting around grumbling and quarrelling it can't be done...""
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Mr. Ruark narrates a semi-autobiographical account of his childhood with himself cast as "the Boy" and his two grandfathers combined into "the Old Man". The Old Man and the Boy engage in all manner of outdoor activity that was available to a person living in the southern United States in the 1920s, mainly hunting and fishing. These stories were originally articles printed in Field & Stream in the 1950's and were combined into this book.
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