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Author Dickey, Bronwen, author.

Title Pit bull : the battle over an American icon / Bronwen Dickey.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  636.75 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  636.755 DIC    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  636.755 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  636.7559 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  636.7559 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  636.755 DIC    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  636.755 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  636.755 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  636.7559 DICKEY    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  636.7 DIC    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi book"--Verso of title page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [279]-313) and index.
Contents Pariah dogs -- The keep -- In the blood -- America's dog -- Dogs of character -- Tooth and claw -- A fear is born -- The sleep of reason -- The phantom menace -- Known unknowns -- Looking where the light is -- "Don't believe the hype" -- Training the dog -- Different is dead -- For life.
Summary "...Dickey offers us a clear-eyed portrait of this extraordinary breed, and an insightful view of Americans' relationship with their dogs."--Publisher
Subject Pit bull terriers.
Pit bull terriers -- History.
American pit bull terrier.
Dogs -- United States -- History.
Human-animal relationships -- United States -- History.
Dogs.
Dogs -- History.
Pit bull terriers. (OCoLC)fst01064870
ISBN 9780307961761 (hardcover) : $26.95
0307961761 (hardcover)
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