Savage Sam Author:Fred Gipson The thrilling story of the son of Old Yeller. — This is a tale about a dog we called Savage Sam. It's partly about me, too, and about Papa and Little Arliss and a girl named Lisbeth Searcy and some others. But it's mainly about Sam, on account of without him, there wouldn't have been much of a tale to tell or anybody left to tell it. — Papa was ... more »the one named him Savage Sam. He did it as a joke. This was back when Sam was still just a clumsy big-footed, rump-sprung pup.« less