Synopses & Reviews
Master storytellers such as Jack London, Mark Twain, O. Henry, Stephen Crane, Zane Grey, D. H. Lawrence, Eric Knight, Booth Tarkington, Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke celebrate man's best friend. As Caras says about his subject, "This anthology captures the human-animal bond, specifically our long and close relationship to the dog".
Table of Contents
For love of a man /Jack London --Dog's tale /Mark Twain --An adventure with a dog /John Muir --Dark-brown dog /Stephen Crane --Mumu /Ivan Turgenev --Memoirs of a yellow dog /O. Henry --Getting rid of Fluff /Ellis Parker Butler --Tailless tyke at Bay /Alfred Ollivant --That spot /Jack London --Coming of Lad /Albert Payson Terhune --Gun-shy /Edward Fenton --Grudge /Albert Payson Terhune --Voice of Bugle Ann /Mackinlay Kantor --Mister Dog /Mel Ellis --Slipstream /Corey Ford --Brag dog /Vereen Bell --Test /Dion Henderson --Broken treaty /Dion Henderson --Moses /Walter D. Edmonds --Don /Zane Grey --Rex /D. H. Lawrence --Blue milk /Booth Tarkington --Faithful /Lester del Rey --Blood will tell /Don Marquis --Lassie come-home /Eric Knight --Rabchik, a Jewish dog /Sholom Aleichem --Emissary /Ray Bradbury --Blind dog /R. K. Narayan --Attila /R. K. Narayan --Dog star /Arthur C. Clarke --Dog's night / Francoise Sagan.