Old Ben

{{short description|1970 book by Jesse Stuart}}

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| author = Jesse Stuart

| illustrator = Richard Cuffari

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| country = United States

| language = English

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| genre = Children's literature

| publisher = McGraw-Hill

| pub_date = January 1970

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| isbn = 978-0070622081

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Old Ben is a 1970 book by Jesse Stuart, illustrated by Richard Cuffari. It was selected for the 1970 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.{{Cite book |last1=LeMaster |first1=J. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8EfBgAAQBAJ&q=Carroll&pg=PP1 |title=Jesse Stuart: Essays on His Work |last2=Clarke |first2=Mary Washington |date=2014-07-15 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-6366-6 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2018-01-12 |title=UK Extension Connects Students to Jesse Stuart |url=https://uknow.uky.edu/arts-culture/uk-extension-connects-students-jesse-stuart |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=UKNow}}

Summary

The story of Shan, a Kentucky boy, and the friendship he forms with a big bull black snake.{{Cite report |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED102576 |title=[Focus: Jesse Stuart] |last=Blaney |first=Charles D. |date=1974 |language=en}} p32

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Category:1970 books

Category:Fictional snakes

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