Three Dog Tales: Old Yeller / Sounder / Savage Sam

Old Yeller #1 & 2 included

by Fred Gipson, William H. Armstrong

Three classic dog tales brought together in a single volume—Fred Gipson’s Old Yeller, its sequel Savage Sam, and William Armstrong’s Sounder.

Old Yeller (Winner of the Newbery Honor)

When his father sets out on a cattle drive for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis is left to take care of his mother, younger brother, and the family farm. In the wilderness of early frontier Texas, Travis faces his new and often dangerous responsibilities, with many adventures along the way, all with the help of the big yellow dog who comes to be his best friend.

Savage Sam

In this sequel to Old Yeller, Travis and his younger brother are kidnapped by an Indian raiding party, and Savage Sam, the son of the beloved yellow dog, leads a frantic chase to bring them back.

Sounder ( Winner of the John Newbery Medal)

Sounder is a loyal family dog, determined to help his owners through thick and thin. This is the story of a great coon dog and the poor sharecroppers who own him, and of the courage and love that bind a black family together in the face of extreme prejudice from the outside world.

Genres: Animals, Historical Fiction, Adventure, Childrens, Dogs, Fiction

403 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Also known as Frederick Benjamin Gipson. He is best known for writing the 1956 novel Old Yeller, which became a popular 1957 Walt Disney film.

Reviews

[Dawnastebbins · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riveting reading; also crying my eyes out. Difficult to take the things that happen to the dogs, but can't put the book down!The writing is so so good.Three Dog Tales Old Yeller, Sounder, Savage Sam

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was one of the saddest books I have read in my lifetime. This story made me cry if you don't cry you are not human. It was amazing just that dog. Read to find out. It taught us about the bond between the dog and the boy.

[~Smiley~ :D · Rating 5 out of 5]

these WILL make u cry... but its SOOO worth it
sam

[Ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Old Yeller is a story about a boy who finds a yellow lab and
the dog saves the boy's life, many times. It made me cry a few times.

[Thanhle · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think that this book help me love to read more and understanding words that I never know before.


thank you :)

[Isbella Chang]

The Greatest Dog Stories cuenta con tres historias acerca de perros con sus dueños. (Nota: Savage Sam es la continuación de Old Yeller). Ya que Old Yeller y Savage Sam están relacionadas, empezaré por Sounder.

Sounder le quitó 2 estrellas a este libro debido a la melancolía y pesadez de los personajes. No soy fan de los personajes que no parecen ser pensantes y me pareció encontrar demasiadas veces esta característica. Sounder es la historia de cómo encierran a la cárcel al papá del protagonista por robar y su perro lo sigue y es disparado. Así nuestro protagonista pierde a su padre y su perro, pero no pierde la esperanza en que volverán o que los encontrará si los busca.

Old Yeller y Savage Sam pierden puntos por un solo detalle por el que no los puedo defender por donde lo vea: Racismo.

Old Yeller es la historia de un niño cuyo padre debe viajar para poder tener más dinero. Invita a el protagonista a no solo ser el hombre de la familia en su ausencia, pero a también encontrar un perro para él y a cambio le dará un caballo (que es lo que nuestro protagonista siempre ha querido). De repente, un perro entra a su propiedad a robar carne y es gracias a su hermano menor que adoptan a Old Yeller. La historia conmueve demasiado a los lectores y expresa muy bien lo que es tener a tu primer perro y todo lo que conlleva... todo (no spoilers).

Savage Sam es la continuación de Old Yeller, pero no de la historia del perro amarillo que robó la carne de una familia, sino de el hijo de Old Yeller: Savage Sam. Savage Sam es traido a nuestro protagonista por una chica llamada Lisbeth que descubre que su perrita esta embarazada de Old Yeller. El tiempo ha pasado y Sam es un perro adulto y de nuevo, no es el perro del protagonista, pero del hermano. Esta historia no narra lo que es tener un segundo perro, ya que eso fue tratado también en el primer libro. Esta historia es más que todo una aventura que tienen el hermano del protagonista, Lisbeth y el protagonista al ser secuestrados por una tribu de Nativos Americanos (Apaches acompañados de un Comanche) para ser específicos.

Un must read si tienes perros, querés practicar tu inglés o nunca has leído historias que tienen de personajes a animales.

[Beverly Jones · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picked this up because I was challenged to re- read a book I hated as a child/ young adult. Old Yeller gave me such nightmares about rabies as a kid, but i noticed it won a Newbury Award, so I wanted to give it a try a an adult. Both Old Yeller and Sounder (first two stories in this collection) were very good, very sad, but true testaments to the strength of the human- animal bond. But the third story, a sequel to Old Yeller called Savage Sam, was.... not good. The harsh anti-Indigenous perspective may have worked at the time it was written but made it very hard to read in present day.

[Samuel Draper · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read Old Yeller and Savage Sam from this collection. I loved the Old Yeller movie as a boy, and loved reading it even more. I was surprised by how great Savage Sam was, though I remember little of its actual story. Hard to know if these are actually good books or just colored in the warm glow of youth. Would be interesting to find out.

Medium recommendation to any interested.

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

Old yeller and Savage Sam, GREAT FREAKING BOOKS! Sounder, holy smokes it is depressing. But a "good " book. I love it when Arliss has to eat his own Mule, I also love it when He "swallers" the injuns ear. I read these when I was in my mountain man live off the land phase and loved them, I bought this book with all three a couple off years back and re-read them. Fun fun and more fun. Until you get to Sounder, then its sad sad and more sad.

[Mackay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't actually read them in an omnibus, but Fred Gibson's Old Yeller and Savage Sam are splendid books about dogs, pioneers, and life. Once could read a lot of history books without learning as much about the pioneer age as from these books.
And Sounder ... it's heartbreaking and unforgettable.

[Luiza · Rating 5 out of 5]

I havent read any of these books other than Old Yeller

Sad story.Made me cry. Watched the movie and although I already knew the story it still made me cry.

That is a book that will make one cry every page they flip.

[Liza]

I would recommend this book to the people that love dogs, but also want sad stories but classic stories that a lot of people can connect to or have read and know about, all three stories are very interesting but heart breaking in some cases.

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

it is a very good book but sad at the end. i only read old yeller out of it

[Tallen Billings · Rating 1 out of 5]

old yeller is a good book if you love dogs it is also sad so be ready for that and good movie for kids

[Jenny · Rating 5 out of 5]

the classics all wrapped into one

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Get the kleenex out for these!! Savage Sam has a few very violent parts - prepare yourself.

[10-11 hannah childers]

Old yellor was a really good book, but sounder was'nt my favorite. So i started reading savage sam the sequal to old yellor. It was'nt as good as the first story but I liked it.

[Shauli Chaudhuri · Rating 5 out of 5]

MUST read. And if you love dogs like I do, you will cry your heart out too while reading.

[Madison · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is ok

[Trey]

I LOVED IT! its about a dog who is a stray and is tuff.but at the end is very sad