| Description |
xvii, 294 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Stories and drawings by the longtime New Yorker humorist that celebrate man's best friend. Thurber's unpoetic dogs, with their expressive ears and baffled faces, surprise us with a vision of our sloppy selves. |
| Contents |
Foreword, with figures ; The hound and the hare -- An introduction -- How to name a dog -- A preface to dogs -- The white rabbit caper -- Canines in the cellar ; Dogs, women and men -- A snapshot of Rex -- The dog that bit people -- Josephine has her day -- The scotty who knew too much -- The patient bloodhound ; The hound and the hat -- Collie in the driveway -- The departure of Emma Inch -- The thin red leash -- In defense of dogs, even, after a fashion, Jeannie -- Look homeward, Jeannie -- Blaze in the sky ; A portfolio -- The Monroes find a terminal -- And so to Medve -- Memorial -- Cristabel : part one -- Christabel : part two ; The hound and the gun -- The cockeyed Spaniard -- Lo, hear the gentle bloodhound! -- A glimpse of the flatpaws ; The hound and the bug. |
| Subject |
Dogs -- Humor.
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Dogs -- Caricatures and cartoons.
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