Book Review- "Bless the Beasts & Children by Glendon Swarthout

Bless the Beasts & Children is a powerful novel about a group of misfit boys who try to redeem themselves by saving a herd of Buffalo marked for death.

The story begins at an Arizona boys camp where Cotton, Goodenow, Teft, Shecker, Lally 1 and Lally 2 occupy the very bottom rung of the camp social ladder. The boys are outcasts and they are painfully aware of that fact.

After the camp goes on a trip to see a herd of Buffalo that are slated to be killed, the boys hatch a plan to try and save the doomed animals and perhaps themselves.

Bless the Beasts & Children is a modern parable of discarded children and wildlife that should be read by every American.