The old man and the boy
By: Robert Ruark ; illustrated with line drawings by Walter Dower.
Publisher: G.K. Hall
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Thorndike, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
Subjects: Older men -- Fiction; Boys -- Fiction; Large type books; North Carolina -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: "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..."
Description: 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.