Old Ramon

Jack Schaefer

ISBN 10: 0826357644 / ISBN 13: 9780826357649

Published by University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 2016

About this Item

University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM. 2016. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 102 pp 8vo. A coming of age story of a boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd and two brave dogs in the Mojave Desert where he finds his book education ends and his real life lessons begin under the tutelage of Ramon. The value of friendship and the hardship of life are the way of life in the Mojave. A clean pristine copy.

Seller Inventory # 006665

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Old Ramon
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826357644
• ISBN 13: 9780826357649
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Harold E. West
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Animal Stories
  • General Fiction
  • Adolescent/Childrens Books

About this title

Synopsis

Awarded a 1961 Newbery Honor, Old Ramon tells the timeless coming-of-age story of a young boy who spends a summer with an old shepherd in the Mojave Desert.

About the Author

Jack Schaefer was a journalist and writer known for his authentic and memorable characters set in the American West. Schaefer received the Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award in 1975 and the Saddleman Award in 1986 from the Western Writers of America. His popular Western novels include Shane (1949) and Monte Walsh (1963).