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Author Bondeson, Jan.

Title Amazing dogs : a cabinet of canine curiosities / Jan Bondeson.

Publication Info. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2011.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  636.7 BONDESON    Check Shelf
Description 286 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The great Munito and the learned English dog -- Some canine intellectuals -- Some celebrated talking dogs -- Doggy drama : some celebrated canine thespians -- Railway Jack, Owney, and some other canine globetrotters -- Some canine philanthropists -- Guinefort the dog saint, and some other holy dogs -- Greyfriars Bobby, and some other faithful dogs -- The turnspit dog, and some other extinct breeds -- Lord Byron's Boatswain, and some other remarkable Newfoundland dogs -- The great Barry, and some other curious Saint Bernard dogs -- Annals of the rat-pits of London and New York -- The brown dog riots -- Dog cemeteries, dog ghosts, and some last words.
Subject Dogs -- Miscellanea.
Dogs -- Anecdotes.
ISBN 9780801450174 cloth alkaline paper
0801450179 cloth alkaline paper
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