Bless the Beasts and Children

Bless the Beasts and Children is a 1970 novel by Glendon Swarthout that tells the story of several emotionally disturbed boys away at summer camp who unite to stop a buffalo hunt. The 151-page (192 pages in paperback, first edition) book covers some social issues of the 1960s and 1970s. It was published by Doubleday. An unabridged audiobook recording of the novel was released in 2005 by Books on Tape and read by Scott Brick. Plot Six emotionally disturbed teenaged boys are sent from their homes throughout the United States by their affluent parents to Box Canyon Boys Camp near Prescott, Arizona, as the camp's slogan is "Send us a boy – we'll send you a cowboy", and the parents hope that the camp will mature the boys.