The red pony
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New York Viking Press, 1945.
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100 pages ; 20 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult FictionFICTION STEINB 1994Checked OutApril 9, 2024

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Published
New York Viking Press, 1945.
Format
Book
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.1, 6 Points

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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, a 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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Written at a time of profound anxiety caused by the illness of his mother, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck draws on his memories of childhood in these stories about a boy who embodies both the rebellious spirit and the contradictory desire for acceptance of early adolescence. Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero “matured” by circumstances. As John Seelye writes in his introduction, reversing common interpretations, The Red Pony is imbued with a sense of loss. Jodys encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbecks fiction: They are parts of the ongoing process of life, “resolving” nothing. The Red Pony was central not only to Steinbecks emergence as a major American novelist but to the shaping of a distinctly mid twentieth-century genre, opening up a new range of possibilities about the fictional presence of a childs world. This edition contains an introduction by John Seelye.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, J. (1945). The red pony . Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. 1945. The Red Pony. Viking Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. The Red Pony Viking Press, 1945.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Steinbeck, John. The Red Pony Viking Press, 1945.

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