Going to the Dogs: Greyhound Racing, Animal Activism, and American Popular Culture (Cultureamerica)
"Remarkably objective and impeccably researched, [Thayer] traces the transformation of the greyhound from rural hunting dog to working class racing dog to an icon of the animal rescue movement. This is cultural history at its best."—Hal Herzog,  author ofSome We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight about Animals