Dog Tales: Timeless and Compelling Stories about Man's and Woman's Best Friend and Companion

Dog Tales: Timeless and Compelling Stories about Man's and Woman's Best Friend and Companion

by Lamar Underwood (Editor)
Dog Tales: Timeless and Compelling Stories about Man's and Woman's Best Friend and Companion

Dog Tales: Timeless and Compelling Stories about Man's and Woman's Best Friend and Companion

by Lamar Underwood (Editor)

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Overview

Rich in history and drama, Dog Tales entertains, enlightens, and inspires dog owners and dog lovers. These are enduring stories that have passed the test of time and have attracted generations of readers. Emerging from the prose in these pages are gallant dogs, facing incredible dangers and tasks. Loyal and affectionate dogs, unforgettable in the memories of the owners who shared their lives. These stories have been carefully selected for the imaginative reader who loves dogs—the people who agree with Will Rogers that, “If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493066988
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 11/01/2022
Pages: 374
Sales rank: 420,940
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Lamar Underwood is the former editor-in-chief of Sports Afield and Outdoor Life and former editorial director of the Outdoor Magazine Group of Harris Publications in New York. The numerous books he has edited include Tales of the Mountain Men, The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told, Survival Stories, and War Stories and the novel On Dangerous Ground.

Table of Contents

Introduction Lamar Underwood vii

1 The Power of the Dog Rudyard Kipling 1

2 Lad-A Dog Albert Payson Terhune 3

3 The Road to Tinkhamtown Corey Ford 21

4 The Call of the Wild Jack London 29

5 A Dark-Brown Dog Stephen Crane 59

6 Bingo Ernest Thompson Seton 67

7 A Dog's Tale Mark Twain 81

8 Beautiful Joe Marshall Saunders 93

9 Stickeen John Muir 107

10 Homebodies Tom Hennessey 127

11 A Yellow Dog Bret Harte 131

12 My Most Memorable Dog Archibald Rutledge 141

13 That Spot Jack London 149

14 The Sunnybank Collies Albert Payson Terhune 159

15 The Lead Dog William Francis Butler 173

16 Uncle Dick's Rolf Georgiana Marion Craik 177

17 Ulysses and the Dogman O. Henry 183

18 Brown Wolf Jack London 189

19 Tito: The Story of the Coyote That Learned How Ernest Thompson Seton 205

20 Scrap Lucia Chamberlain 239

21 Bruce Albert Payson Terhune 245

22 How the Dog Tax Was Paid Sarah Knowles Bolton 261

23 Dogs and Men Henry C. Merwin 267

24 Show Time Walter A. Dyer 283

25 Douglas Sarah Knowles Bolton 303

26 The Amazing Letter-Writing Dog Christopher Morley 315

27 Point! Peter B. Kyne 319

28 The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle 339

29 My Doggie and I R. M. Ballantyne 357

Sources 365

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