Amazing dogs
Subtitle: a cabinet of canine curiosities
By: Jan Bondeson
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780801450174
Subjects: Miscellanea; Dogs; Anecdotes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The great Munito and the learned English dog; title: Some canine intellectuals; title: Some celebrated talking dogs; title: Doggy drama : some celebrated canine thespians; title: Railway Jack, Owney, and some other canine globetrotters; title: Some canine philanthropists; title: Guinefort the dog saint, and some other holy dogs; title: Greyfriars Bobby, and some other faithful dogs; title: The turnspit dog, and some other extinct breeds; title: Lord Byron's Boatswain, and some other remarkable Newfoundland dogs; title: The great Barry, and some other curious Saint Bernard dogs; title: Annals of the rat-pits of London and New York; title: The brown dog riots; title: Dog cemeteries, dog ghosts, and some last words.