Project Gutenberg 2013-12-09 Public domain in the USA. 154 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 Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Boys -- Juvenile fiction Horses -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure Category: Novels 345817 2025-08-18T04:23:50.954137 text/html 333053 2024-10-23T20:17:53 text/html 573696 2025-08-18T04:23:57.216059 application/epub+zip 585395 2025-08-18T04:23:52.821087 application/epub+zip 187440 2025-08-18T04:23:51.857089 application/epub+zip 689865 2025-08-18T04:24:00.391050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 657634 2025-08-18T04:23:56.499069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 262035 2022-09-20T08:50:26.058813 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311133 2025-08-18T04:23:50.038150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 291350 2024-10-23T20:17:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17435 2025-08-18T04:24:00.560049 application/rdf+xml 23295 2025-08-18T04:23:51.949096 image/jpeg 3931 2025-08-18T04:23:51.902088 image/jpeg 539931 2025-08-18T04:23:51.024122 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia