Savage Sam

"What Mr. Gipson has
written is the story of a grim situation, a desperate chase, filled with
brutality and heroism, yet he has written it with a sense of young wonder and
even, at time, with humor." –New
York Times Book Review

The thrilling story of the son of Old Yeller

In this sequel to Old Yeller, Travis and his younger brother Arliss are kidnapped by a band of Apaches, and Savage Sam, the son of the beloved yellow dog, Old Yeller, leads a frantic chase to bring them back.

| "Gipson again has given us a purely wonderful trunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation."--Chicago Sunday Tribune |

"Memorable again, like Old Yeller." - Horn Book

"Gipson, again, has given us a purely wonderful hunk of Americana, and one of those rare books to be enjoyed on many latitudes of brow elevation." - Chicago Sunday Tribune

"The story itself isn't in any sense a children's book, though most teen-age readers will enjoy every exciting chapter. What Mr. Gipson has written is the story of a grim situation, a desperate chase, filled with brutality and heroism, yet he has written it with a sense of young wonder and even, at times, with humor." - New York Times Book Review