1980; Thomas Y. Crowell publishers, New York; illustrated by Marcia Sewall; smaller hardbound with mahogany red boards and black lettering along spine; very good condition; dust jacket very good.
 
Description -
Little Willy hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.
 
Stone Fox is a short children's novel by John Reynolds Gardiner. It is the first and best known of Gardiner's books. Stone Fox was acclaimed and very popular when it was published in 1980. It sold three million copies and was turned into a television movie starring Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer, and Gordon Tootoosis and directed by Harvey Hart in 1987. It was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year for 1980 (Nov. 30, 1980. p. BR4), and was included in 100 Best Books for Children by Anita Silvey.