Finn The Wolfhound
Author: first_name: Alec John
last_name: Dawson
Language: English
Year: 1909

Dawson published over thirty books, the one best remembered today probably being the animal adventure story Finn the Wolfhound (1908)….   His own dog Tynagh and her son Gareth, who was described as the largest and finest specimen of his breed to date, served as the models for Tara and Finn in Finn the Wolfhound (1908).  This is probably Dawson’s best-remembered and certainly his most frequently reprinted work: Finn, a champion Irish Wolfhound, is taken from England to Australia where he undergoe