![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "A gripping, realistic picture of the North Dakota Badlands in a time of bitter cold and blizzard when wolves prey on sheep. "The dog's fight to live and the boy's efforts to save and reclaim him are told with gripping suspense and realism." - A.L.A. no one who takes it up will put it down willingly, nor soon to forget." - New York Herald Tribune ".a freshly exciting and absorbing story. "Set in teh sheep-raising country of North successfully combines a moving dog story with exciting adventure."- The New York Times But Dwight believes that Wolves are doing most of the slaughter, and he is determined to save the big mutt. A posse is sent out to track the outlaw down. To the ranchers, any dog that kills sheep is doomed. ![]() When he awoke, he was famished - and his nose led him to sheep. The big mutt slept out the storm in a coyote's den. When the storm broke, the Easterners were afraid of being snowed in for days in the car. That was when he first saw the magnificent big mutt who filled the back seat of a car from New York. Originally a Junior Literary Guild Selection of the Westminster Press, it can now be found in the Macmillan Reading Spectrum for children.Ī blizzard threatened the North Dakota Badlands, and Dwight Jerome was herding his father's sheep across the road back to the ranch. Received the NY Herald Tribune award for Best Children's Book, 1952. ![]()
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