CHARACTERS
Richard Harold Dale-Fifteen year old hero of the story.
Leonard-His dad.
Ike-Ten year old brother.
Beth-His mother.
Doc Travis-Town doctor who drove a Model B Ford.
Roger-Their dog.
Herman Hall-Local hunter and first to encounter Satan, the wild hog with his dog Red.
Jack Jeffers-Neighbor whose mule was killed by Satan.
Abraham Wilson-Richard�s best friend.
Uncle Pharaoh-Local man who is said to be 150 years old. One time great hunter who was crippled by Satan. Abraham�s Great grandpa.
Blue, Tiny, Roger, and Bounder-Hunting dogs.
Buck Wilson-Abraham�s daddy.
Jesse-Pharaoh�s cart pulling hog.
Mama Wilson-Abraham�s mama.
Old Man Turner-Killed his family and himself and no one ever knew what set him off.
Phil-Pharaoh�s new hog.
Melinda-Richard�s baby sister.
Facts
Story takes place in the summer of 1933 in the Sabine river bottoms of east Texas.
Richard loves reading especially Burrough�s Princess of Mars. He also reads Doc Savage.
His daddy wrestled at fairs for money.
He and Abraham had a treehouse that rivaled Tarzan�s in Tarzan and His Mate, the first Tarzan movie he had seen. It had been built by Abraham�s daddy and older brother.
Abraham had a spear made of Hickory like his African ancestors and was working on a shield.
People singing Old Dan Tucker, reminds me of my grandfather.
Mud Creek is the nearest town. Another use of Mud Creek in a Lansdale book.
Quotes
See the boys do their chores but see they get to be boys too.
Lazy as government help.
I was so hungry I could see cornbread walking on the ground.
You look like somebody whupped you with a mad rattle snake.
I�ll be over before you can say Cooter Brown.
Plot
A wild boar is terrorizing the countryside and two boys decide to go after it.
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