Old Yeller in the novel is described as being a "yellow cur". They take in the new dog and try to begin a fresh start. Old Yeller had puppies with one of Travis' friend's dogs, and one of the puppies helps Travis get over Old Yeller's death. Travis is faced with the harsh decision that he must kill Old Yeller after the fight with the wolf, which he does because he cannot risk Old Yeller becoming sick and turning on the family. Old Yeller is bitten while saving his family from a rabid wolf. The rightful owner of Yeller shows up looking for his dog and recognizing that the family has become attached to Yeller, trades the dog to Arliss for a horned toad and a home-cooked meal prepared by Travis' mother, who is an exceptional cook. Travis grows to love Old Yeller, and they become great friends. Though Travis initially loathes the "rascal" and at first tries to get rid of it, the dog eventually proves his worth, saving the family on several occasions rescuing Arliss from a bear, Travis from a bunch of wild hogs, and Mama and their friend Lisbeth from a loafer wolf. The name has a double meaning: the fur color yellow pronounced as "yeller" and the fact that its bark sounds more like a human yell. When a " dingy yellow" dog comes for an unasked stay with the family, Travis reluctantly takes in the dog, which they name Old Yeller. In the late 1860s in the fictional town of Salt Licks, Texas, young Travis Coates has been working to take care of his family ranch with his mother and younger brother, Arliss, while his father goes off on a cattle drive. In 1957, Walt Disney released a film adaptation starring Tommy Kirk, Fess Parker, Dorothy McGuire, Kevin Corcoran, Jeff York, and Beverly Washburn. The title is taken from the name of the yellow dog who is the center of the book's story. Stands as one of the most beloved novels ever produced in this country, and one that will live in the hearts and minds of readers for generations to come.Old Yeller is a 1956 children's novel written by Fred Gipson and illustrated by Carl Burger. He finds help and comfort in the courage and unwavering love of the stray animal who comes to be his most loyal and very best friend: the big yellow dog Travis calls Old Yeller.Īn enduring and award-winning American classic, Fred Gipson's When his father sets out on a cattle drive for the summer, fourteen-year-old Travis is left to take care of his family and their farm, and he faces new, unanticipated and often perilous responsibilities in the wilderness of early fronteir Texas. To read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience. , comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader.
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