![]() For two years Billy toils endlessly in the name of his dogs, hunting, trapping, and gathering produce to sell at his grandfathers store. Its here that we see Billy begin his transformation into an adult, and here that we first see a glimpse of his stoic, selfless character. After wheedling and pleading with all his might, Billy takes a different approach, and decides to earn the money for his dogs himself. But a pair of quality raccoon hunting dogs is costly, and is far more than Billys family can afford. It is a challenging existence, although a rewarding one in many ways, and Billy sees himself as wanting for nothingsave for a pair of raccoon hunting dogs, which will allow him to make a more meaningful contribution to his family, and in so doing allow him to position himself as a masculine figure within his female-dominated family. ![]() ![]() Young Billy Colmans knowledge of the world is limited to the Ozarks, where his family make their home, subsisting on the land as best as they can. ![]()
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