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Young Tug Dockery witnesses a brutal act by his grandfather that leaves him unable to speak, so when his parents die, Tug's beloved older brother feels compelled to escape from a hellish labor camp to rescue him from their grandfather's Florida cattle ranch.

Main Author: Peck, Robert Newton.
Other Authors: Shina, Scott. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: Prince Frederick, Md. : Recorded Books, p2004.
Subjects:
Brothers > Young adult fiction.
Mutism, Elective > Young adult fiction.
Grandfathers > Young adult fiction.
Florida > History > 20th century > Young adult fiction.
Audiobooks > Young adult.
Summary: Young Tug Dockery witnesses a brutal act by his grandfather that leaves him unable to speak, so when his parents die, Tug's beloved older brother feels compelled to escape from a hellish labor camp to rescue him from their grandfather's Florida cattle ranch.
Item Description: In container (17 cm.).
Title from container.
"Unabridged Fiction"--Container.
"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.
Compact discs.
Physical Description: 3 sound discs (3 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also as Recorded Books Unabridged Fiction on compact disc with book.
Issued also on cassette.
Audience: 12 years and up.
ISBN: 1419317776
Author Notes: Robert Newton Peck was born in Vermont on February 17, 1928. During World War II, he served as a machine-gunner in the U.S. Army 88th Infantry Division between 1945 and 1947. He received a B.A. degree from Rollins College in 1953 and studied law at Cornell University. He worked as a lumberjack, in a papermill, killing hogs, and as an advertising executive before the publication of his first book, A Day No Pigs Would Die, in 1972. It was named an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 1973. His other works include Soup and Me, Soup on Ice, Cowboy Ghost, Horse Thief, and Bro.

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