Project Gutenberg 2013-12-09 Public domain in the USA. 79 Robertson, Keith 1914 Dennis, Wesley 1903 1966 Dennis, John Wesley Ticktock and Jim Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ticktock and Jim" by Keith Robertson is a children's novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around a young boy named Jim Meadows, who longs for adventure and excitement while spending a lonely afternoon at home. After trading his cherished grandfather's gold watch for a scruffy mustang named Ticktock, Jim embarks on a journey of friendship and challenges with his new horse, navigating the complexities of family relationships and becoming more responsible as he learns to take care of Ticktock. The opening of the novel introduces Jim as he feels disappointed about being left alone at home while his family goes to town. Frustrated and bored, he soon finds himself in a precarious situation with a bull before discovering a horse trader who presents him with the opportunity to trade his watch for Ticktock. As Jim climbs down from the tree to search for his lost watch, he meets the trader and learns about Ticktock's past. This sets the stage for Jim's evolving relationship with Ticktock, marked by Jim's initial struggles for approval from his family and establishing his newfound role as a responsible owner. This opening portion sets the foundation for a charming tale of growth, adventure, and the bond between a boy and his horse. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44400/44400-h/images/cover.jpg en Boys -- Juvenile fiction Horses -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 345549 345556 2024-09-18T14:36:01.676453 2023-09-19T10:14:36.488540 text/html text/html 352874 2013-12-09T15:25:22 text/html; charset=utf-8 537251 2013-12-09T15:26:24 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 574100 2024-09-18T14:36:08.470398 application/epub+zip 586382 2024-09-18T14:36:03.566446 application/epub+zip 187758 2024-09-18T14:36:02.642469 application/epub+zip 690111 2024-09-18T14:36:12.122430 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657696 2024-09-18T14:36:07.724400 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262035 2022-09-20T08:50:26.058813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304440 2024-09-18T14:36:00.661480 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 311052 2013-12-09T15:25:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 113835 2013-12-09T15:26:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 304267 2013-12-09T15:25:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113060 2013-12-09T15:26:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 304258 2013-12-09T15:26:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113029 2013-12-09T15:26:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21691 2024-09-18T14:36:12.293378 application/rdf+xml 23295 2024-09-18T14:36:02.749437 image/jpeg 3931 2024-09-18T14:36:02.695454 image/jpeg 540281 2024-09-18T14:36:01.751436 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog