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A Dog's World: True Stories of Man's Best Friend on the Road
A Dog's World True Stories of Man's Best Friend on the Road Author:Christine Hunsicker For a true dog lover, there is no more wrenching experience than having to look into your dog's eyes as you head off on a trip. Here is a collection of the best travel writing by those dog lovers who didn't say good-bye, but who packed the dog toys and water dishes and took Fido with them, and also stories by solo travelers who made new ... more »canine friends along the road of life.
The writers featured include some of our best known -- including John Steinbeck, James Herriot, Helen Thayer, and Gary Paulson -- as well as many new ones whose stories will make you laugh, gasp, and cry.
Visit with the Guatemalan hit man who breeds toy poodles, ride along on the Iditarod with an amateur dog sledder; join a young woman who rode horseback with her dog across America, the trek leader who rescues a beaten puppy in Morocco, and the couple who go looking for dingoes in Australia. Feel what it's like to have a guide dog by your side, to prepare for a dog show, to see caged dogs intended as food, to stay in afour-star hotel that caters to dogs.
This is the perfect gift for your favorite dog lover. Its stories span every continent and every emotion. The book also provides many leads to information for traveling with your own canine friend.
Preface / Christine Hunsicker --
Introduction / Maria Goodavage --
Map --
pt. 1. Traveling tails --
Eagle River (Alaska) / Gary Paulsen --
The ruff guide (San Francisco) / Brian Alexander --
Cross-country dog (USA) / Melissa A. Priblo Chapman --
Thin ice (Magnetic North Pole) / Helen Thayer --
Through a dog's eyes (Holland) / Vicky Winslow --
Story from the C.A.R. (Central African Republic) / Robert Burnham --
The roving ambassador (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) / Paul Ogden --
In France with Cocotte (France) / George Rathmell --
The honorary Huichol (Mexico) / Charles Kulander --
Charley and the bear (Western USA) / John Steinbeck. pt. 2. A dog's life around the world --
Wild trek dog (Morocco) / Wendy Smith --
Year of the dog (China) / Vanda Sendzimir --
The Carioca Dobie Derby (Brazil) / Lucille Bellucci --
Going to the dogs (Nepal) / Gerry Gomez Pearlberg --
They don't take just any Mutt (New York City) / Michelle Levy Bender --
Tourist dog (Bali) / Meredith Moraine --
Dog soldier (Guatemala) / Thomas Long --
Dogs' night out (Germany) / D-L Nelson. pt. 3. Some things to do --
Sailing with Sam (Canada, Bahamas, Eastern USA, Bahamas) / Ann Raincock --
Sheepdog trials : a field trip (England) / Susan Allen Toth --
The things we do for love (Japan) / Louise Rafkin --
The dog who wasn't supposed to go (Lexington, Kentucky) / Brian Patrick Duggan --