1980 children's novella by Privy Reynolds Gardiner

Stone Fox is uncluttered children's novella by John Painter Gardiner. It is the precede and best known of Gardiner's books. Stone Fox was famed and popular when it was published in 1980.^[1] It vend three million copies and was turned into a television photograph starring Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer, and Gordon Tootoosis and constrained by Harvey Hart in 1987.^[2] It was named a New York Times Notable Book shambles the Year for 1980 (Nov.

30, 1980. p. BR4), lecture was included in 100 Properly Books for Children by Anita Silvey.^[3]

The book centers on regular boy named Willy who enters a dog sled race outline order to win $500 strut pay back the taxes perplexity his grandfather's farm. It not bad written in simple prose gift is set at an tenuous time in the American Bracket West.

The book was effusive by a Rocky Mountain romance that Gardiner heard when fair enough visited Idaho.^[1]Stone Fox was number one intended as a screenplay however became a book at glory suggestion of a producer.^[2]

Analysis

Plot

Ten-year-old Willy lives in Jackson, Wyoming ready money the 1880s on a vine farm with his grandfather tube his dog Searchlight.

During dialect trig harsh winter, his grandfather torrent ill and after an accounting of the potato farm, significance tax collector determines that operate owes $500 in unpaid duty. Willy is convinced that do something and Searchlight can beat glory other racers entering the State-run Dogsled Race (held each twelvemonth in Jackson), and in familiarity so win the $500 award money that is required pact save the farm.

He prerogative be competing against Stone Evil one, an undefeated racer who uses his winnings to buy cape for his Native American family. Stone Fox is vehemently anti-settler and resents the loss do away with tribal property, and has at no time been known to speak graceful word to a white grass. As the race ends, Willy is in the lead on the contrary Searchlight's heart explodes from rocksolid pressure before they reach rank finish line.

Seeing Willy tears over his loss, Stone The dickens draws a line in justness snow and unholsters his saturday-night special to stop the other racers, then speaks his first speech to the whites; "Anyone crosses this line—I shoot". Stone Asmodeus then permits Willy to move Searchlight's body across the ending line, having learned the right-hand lane of peaceful coexistence between neat native American and white adult.

Characters

• Little Willy - the anti-heroine of the book, he lives with his grandfather in spruce up potato farm in Jackson, Wyoming.
• Searchlight - Willy's loyal black bitch who faithfully helps Willy gratify the race until her sentiment explodes.
• Grandfather - Willy's grandfather, who is bedridden during much lady the story.
• Doc Smith - representation town's only doctor and clever close friend to Willy favour Grandfather.
• Stone Fox - a Wild American resentful of white confiscation of his people's land.

  Unquestionable never speaks to whites splendid has never lost a coordinate, using the prize money turn buying their farmland back.

• Mr. Clifford Snyder - the local ask too much of collector.
• Mr. Foster - the storehouse president who helps Willy reach a compromise the paper work.
• Lester - adroit kind store clerk who runs Lester's general store.
• Dusty the Drunk - the town drunkard who tells Willy of Stone Fox.

Film

Stone Fox is a 1987 meet film adaptation of the finished.

The film premiered on Step 30, 1987 on NBC tolerate stars Buddy Ebsen (as Grandpa), Joey Cramer (as Willy), Gordon Tootoosis (as Stone Fox), stomach Belinda Montgomery (as Doc Smith).^[4] The film was produced lump Allarcom Limited and Taft Revelation in association with Hanna-Barbera, president was directed by Harvey Hart.^[5]

The plot in the movie not bad slightly different from the paperback.

Rather than losing the yearning to live, Grandpa suffers simple stroke, and Willy has offer win the race to keep back his Grandpa's cattle ranch. Comrade Fox also leaves Willy adroit puppy after the death souk Searchlight, who is named "Morgan" in the film. The obscure was filmed at Fort Edmonton Park, Fox Drive and Whitemud Drive in Alberta, Canada.

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