Pawsome Reads: 47 Books for Dog Enthusiasts
Classic Tales of Loyal Companions, Sled Dogs, Wilderness Adventure, and Animal CourageBy A. J. Dawson, Byrd Spilman Dewey, Jack London, John Mills, Walter Emanuel, Charles Henry Lane, Esther Birdsall Darling, Oliver Hartley, Mrs. Leslie Williams, Estelle M. Hurll, Maurice Maeterlinck, Henny Kindermann, Walter Esplin Mason, Frank Townend Barton, Charles G. D. Sir Roberts, Thomas Mann, Williams Haynes, Mary Josephine White, John I. Anderson, L. T. Meade, Walter A. Dyer, Albert Payson Terhune, Marshall Saunders, Lily F. Wesselhoeft, Sarah Tytler, Jim Kjelgaard, A. Vimar, Ralph Henry Barbour, Violet Maxwell, Helen Hill, Alfred Elwes, Clarence Hawkes, Katharine Pyle, Arthur Scott Bailey, Aunt Fanny, Mabel F. Stryker, Richard Barnum, George Lang
Length186h 52m
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Pawsome Reads: 47 Books for Dog Enthusiasts gathers an expansive canine library in which adventure, domestic comedy, sentimental realism, fable, natural history, and children's storytelling converge. Its selections move from tales of loyalty and survival to studies of training, companionship, and animal consciousness, revealing the dog as household member, working partner, moral witness, and literary protagonist. The collection's range is its chief distinction: vigorous wilderness narratives sit beside gentle juvenile fiction, whimsical sketches, and more reflective European prose, creating a broad history of dog-centered writing. The contributors represent a wide transnational field of late nineteenth- and twentieth-century popular, children's, and literary authors. Writers associated with animal adventure, including Jack London, Albert Payson Terhune, Marshall Saunders, and Jim Kjelgaard, appear alongside storytellers such as L. T. Meade, Katharine Pyle, Arthur Scott Bailey, and Richard Barnum, whose work shaped young readers' imaginative relation to animals. The inclusion of Maurice Maeterlinck and Thomas Mann extends the volume beyond Anglophone juvenile traditions, while the collective archive reflects changing ideas about domestication, sympathy, nature, and humane responsibility. Recommended for dog lovers, students of animal studies, and readers of classic popular literature, this volume offers an unusually rich comparative experience. Its many voices invite readers to trace how genre, era, and audience transform the enduring bond between humans and dogs.
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length186 hrs 52 mins
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Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1"Boy" the Wandering Dog: Adventures of a Fox-Terrier
2CHAPTER I I SEEK AND FIND A FRIEND
3CHAPTER II I LOSE MY FRIEND
4CHAPTER III I FIND A SECOND FRIEND
5CHAPTER IV MY NEW MASTER
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6CHAPTER V AN OLD FRIEND, AND AN ADVENTURE
7CHAPTER VI BEANIE LOSES HIS HOME
8CHAPTER VII THE WOMAN BY THE RIVER
9CHAPTER VIII STANNA AND NAPOLEON
10CHAPTER IX I MEET GRINGO AGAIN
11CHAPTER X MASTER GETS TWO SHOCKS
12CHAPTER XI NAPOLEON AND THE WASP
13CHAPTER XII THE GREAT SECRET
14CHAPTER XIII THE LADY GAY CAT
15CHAPTER XIV HIS MOTHER’S BOY
16CHAPTER XV POOR AMARILLA
17CHAPTER XVI TO LOVE OR NOT TO LOVE THE COUNTRY
18CHAPTER XVII THE ARRIVAL OF THE TWINS
19CHAPTER XVIII THE SHOWMAN’S DOGS
20CHAPTER XIX GOOD KING HARRY
21CHAPTER XX THE REFORMED SHOWMAN
22CHAPTER XXI MASTER CARTY’S BOTTLE
23CHAPTER XXII MRS. WAVERLEE’S SCHOOL
24CHAPTER XXIII MASTER’S BROTHER-BOYS
25CHAPTER XXIV SIR EDWARD MEDLINGTON
26CHAPTER XXV THE BOY MONTMORENCY
27CHAPTER XXVI THE MOST PAINFUL EVENT OF MY LIFE
28CHAPTER XXVII WEARY DAYS AND A RESCUE
29CHAPTER XXVIII THE HAPPIEST TIME OF MY LIFE
30CHAPTER XXIX MY OWN DEAR HOME
31Finn The Wolfhound
32LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
33CHAPTER IV
34CHAPTER VII
35CHAPTER X
36CHAPTER XIV
37CHAPTER XVIII
38CHAPTER XXII
39CHAPTER XXVI
40CHAPTER XXX
41Baldy of Nome
42Illustrations
43CHAPTER I (pt. 1)
44CHAPTER I (pt. 2)
45CHAPTER I (pt. 3)
46Jerry of the Islands
47CHAPTER I
48CHAPTER IV
49CHAPTER VIII
50CHAPTER XI
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