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Beautiful Joe
Beautiful Joe
Author: Marshall Saunders
Famous Dog Stories: Preface by the author: Beautiful Joe was a real dog, and Beautiful Joe was his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. He was rescued from him, and lived for many years in a happy home with pleasant surroundings, where he enjoyed a w...  more »
ISBN: 153605
Publication Date: 1920
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This gives the animals of our homes a voice. This is one that I will require my children to read.I haven't found the book that followed, Beautiful Joe's Paradise, so I can't comment on how well it serves as a base for a series. I can say that this one speaks so deeply to my heart that my love of animals feels right, true and justified.Your heart is grabbed in the very beginning by the rough treatment encountered so young...and you rejoice with each step he takes, each storm he weathers.


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