The Red Pony (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0140177361 / Publisher: Penguin Books, February 1993
Traces a boy's journey into manhood after his father gives him a pony to train and care for
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Raised on a ranch in northern California, Jody is well-schooled in the hard work and demands of a rancher's life. He is used to the way of horses, too; but nothing has prepared him for the special connection he will forge with Gabilan, the hot-tempered pony his father gives him. With Billy Buck, the hired hand, Jody tends and trains his horse, restlessly anticipating the moment he will sit high upon Gabilan's saddle. But when Gabilan falls ill, Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature and, particularly, the ways of man.
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