You have the story of itself, right?

This is a boy who likes to go on coon hunt.

Where's your basic story?

And you think, oh, you know, okay, that's interesting.

Let's read about it.

But then a great writer will tell a story with depth, meaning that when he goes in the

coon hunt, he learns about how to behave, how to treat your fellow man, right?

The pitfalls of lying in treachery, cunning and ambition and resilience.

On this episode of the Bear Geese podcast, we're exploring a great work of American literature

whose plot rides on a most peculiar but beloved pastime of rural America.

Coon hunting.

We're diving deep into the book where the red fern grows written by Woodrow Wilson Rawls.

How did this unlikely author, a one hit wonder some might say, with such a mysterious

past make it into the ranks of American literary giants?

We'll hear from Professor Sean Tutan as we search out the national impact of the book.

We'll talk with Stuart Peterson, who starred in the original 1974 movie.

It will cut some hounds loose on a starry Ozark night with a man who's been devoted

to Redbone Hounds his whole life.

The ride is guaranteed to be wild as we search out that one time when coon hunting did

a 360 slam dunk on mainstream culture and they loved it.

You're not going to want to miss this one boys.

My dad had red bones when I was just a little fella.

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