A Dog's History of America
Subtitle: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent
Publisher: North Point Press
Published: August 26, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780865476318
Subjects: Pets; Nature; Individual Species Of Mammals; Nature/Ecology; Americas (North Central South West Indies); Dogs - General; Nature / Dogs; Dogs; America; History; United States
First sentence: THE INUIT HUNTER'S DOGS, hitched in a fan formation to his sled, caught scent of Nanuq, the polar bear, and broke into a run across the rough snow-sheeted ice.
Description: Describes the interaction between dogs and humans in the United States from the earliest settlement of the continent, explores how the uses of dogs have reflected changes in American society, and mentions such famous dogs as Fala.