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Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine CuriositiesJan Bondeson is an extremely engaging and reliable storyteller, with a keen sense of humor. The Guardian In Amazing Dogs, Jan Bondeson tells the stories of some of the most extraordinary dogs in history. In the 1750s, the Learned English Dog was a sensation in London: this spelling and calculating border collie was even thought to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. The acting Newfoundland dog Carlo, active in London from 1803 until 1811, had plays
Jan Bondeson is an extremely engaging and reliable storyteller, with a keen sense of humor.--The Guardian
In Amazing Dogs, Jan Bondeson tells the stories of some of the most extraordinary dogs in history. In the 1750s, the Learned English Dog was a sensation in London: this spelling and calculating border collie was even thought to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. The acting Newfoundland dog Carlo, active in London from 1803 until 1811, had plays specially written for him, involving tackling villains, liberating prisoners, and diving into artificial lakes onstage to save drowning children. Don the Speaking Dog toured the world barking out words like Hungry Give me cakes and had particular success in New York. Some of history's amazing dogs belonged to the canine proletariat: turnspit dogs ceaselessly running inside wheels to turn the roast meat, and terriers put into rat-pits, with bets laid on the number of rats killed. The champion terrier Billy killed 100 rats in five and a half minutes in 1823, a record that stood until 1863, when it was beaten by Jacko, another champion rat-killer.
Another forgotten chapter in canine history is the story of the once-famous dogs collecting for charity in London's railway stations with boxes attached to their backs. Lord Byron's rowdy Newfoundland dog Boatswain belonged to the opposite end of the canine social spectrum, as did the superrich dogs that inherited money from their wealthy and eccentric owners. The book suitably ends with a chapter on dog cemeteries and dog ghosts.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 02/23/2011
ISBN: 9780801450174
Pages: 286
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.75h x 7.03w x 0.98d
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 263
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