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Savage Sam

by Fred Gipson · 1962

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"Gipson again has given us a purely wonderful trunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation."—Chicago Sunday Tribune

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thiswesternwesternMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisdogsdogsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 160 pages

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