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WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS is the story of a special type of childhood, a childhood without any of the modern-day material possessions such as TVs and VCRs. The story is set in the Arkansas mountains during the Great Depression. Billy Colman is the eldest of four children, and the one thing he desires above everything is to own two Raccoon dogs. After saving his money for two hard years, he accumulates the fifty dollars needed to purchase two hound puppies. Billy trains them to be excellent hunters.
The movie describes the hunts Billy goes on, the way the dogs behave, and their ultimate effect on the whole family's life. In graphic detail, the countryside of the rugged Ozark Mountains and river bottoms comes alive. Together Billy and his two Raccoon hounds, Old Dan and Little Ann, trudge through the trails and across the rivers until finally Billy trees the raccoons time and time again. When he wins the championship raccoon hunt, Billy thinks life is perfect, only to learn about tragedy when Old Dan is fatally injured by a mountain lion and Little Ann dies of a broken heart. Billy buries his beloved dogs where the red fern grows.