Mountain Boy
- ISBN-10
- 0670491144
- ISBN-13
- 9780670491148
- Pages
- 39
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1947
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Author
- Thelma Harrington Bell
Description
Randy, 7, had real knowledge of all outdoors but he could not -- and would not -- learn to read or write. His mother was patient, for they lived in the hills with no school, but all her efforts failed until she told him a story about their mule Jinny. And Randy, who was the hero of her story, found out that he changed "can't" to "could", which he proceeded to do in real life. A full sense of outdoor lore, southern mountain life, for a real-life type of story for the older ages in this group
