Bless the Beasts Children, Glendon Swarthout
Bless the Beasts Children, Glendon Swarthout
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Bless the Beasts & Children

Author: Glendon Swarthout

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 4 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/12/2004

Synopsis

“Send Us A Boy. . . We’ll Send You A Cowboy!” is the slogan of the Box County Boy’s Camp. But for the nail-biters, thumb-suckers and teeth-grinders—the cast-away offspring of parents who are busy traveling, being divorced, remarrying, and garnering fortunes—it’s just another place to find rejection. The other campers and counselors pick upon them mercilessly, calling them “The Bedwetters.” But when a herd of buffalo is slaughtered before their eyes, they are galvanized into action. Their leader, Cotton, takes them on a fantastic mission to sneak out of camp and save the remaining buffalo—and, in the process, to save themselves. But as the raw red Arizona sun rises, they will discover the cost of their one grand moment of glory. . .

About The Author

Glendon Swarthout had the widest literary range of any American author of his generation, writing 16 novels which ranged from dramas to comedies to romances and mysteries, and another 6 novellas for young adults with his wife, Kathryn. Many of Glendon's novels became international bestsellers and book club editions, were reprinted in innumerable paperback editions. Five of his books were adapted into film.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Metodi on March 23, 2025

Review on English, followed by the Bulgarian one. Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български. When my child grows up, around his 13th birthday, this is the book I will give him to read... And Glendon Swarthout have find the sicret like Bulgarian autors brothers Mormarevi did - every boy is......more

Goodreads review by Vishy on April 30, 2020

Years back I was collecting classics, especially the lesser known ones, and that is how I discovered 'Bless the Beasts and Children' by Glendon Swarthout. I have wanted to read it for a long time, but somehow never got around to it. Recently, when one of my friends got the French translation of the......more

Goodreads review by Liam on July 12, 2014

I've read this book many times over the years, and all the rest of Glendon Swarthout's works. I recommend them heartily. The writing is excellent, the characters are alive, and the stories are poignant. But beware, because Swarthout's works will make your heart hurt, make your soul bleed. It's painf......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 20, 2010

Like many teachers, I have taught "Bless the Beasts" to full classes, mostly sophomores. Now I recommend it to individual juniors and seniors. It is a complicated plot for a young reader with individual flashbacks of each character. Consequently, Swarthout's text moves in and out of time and place a......more

Goodreads review by Miles on March 25, 2014

Bless the Beasts & Children became far and away Glendon Swarthout's biggest bestseller, never out-of-print from the day it was published in 1970, and one of the first animal rights stories ever written. The novel was a selection of the Literary Guild, the Doubleday Book Club, as well as a Reader's D......more

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