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No, it is an animal story that ends tragically, as the Uncle or Father character is compelled to shoot the beloved pet who has contracted rabies from a snakebite. this is somewhat unique in Disney films. One normally (consider rerun potential, like Cartoons) Kill off a lead character. It was a novel by a man named Gibson. The animal-sacrifice idea may have been borrowed from the ( Ice Pan incident) by the explorer Sir Wilfrid Grenfell, which actually happened and the explorer was compelled to shoot three sled dogs to make a makeshift banner to alert authorities- for his own survival, This is heavy stuff, but for Sir Wilfrid was true. That was written in l909. Old Yeller might be a western adaptation to some extent.

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15y ago

No, Old Yeller by Fred Gipson is a fictional novel. It is possible that it was based on events Gipson knew from his childhood growing up in central Texas in the town of Mason. There is no biographical evidence to prove this, but the best authors write about what they know, and Gipson being a journalist would naturally do this.

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13y ago

Old Yeller is not a fantasy novel, nor is it a true account. The book focuses on a boy who becomes best friends with a dog "Old Yeller". The dog saves his life many times, but contracts rabies from a rogue wolf and they must put Old Yeller down.

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14y ago

Old Yeller is not based on a real story. It was a fictional story. Fred Gipson might have got some info from his past, but no one knows.It seems like a real story though.

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13y ago

yes because i got it from a teacher and a librarian and they both said its a historical fiction book

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3y ago

I believe Old Yeller is historical fiction, a book based on events that happened, but it is not straight fact, and has made up components.

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14y ago

Yes

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