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by Robin Upward,Myron Beck

ISBN: 0670835099
ISBN13: 978-0670835096
Language: English
Publisher: Studio (September 1, 1990)
Pages: 96
Category: United States
Subategory: Literature

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Dog Tales : Classic Stories about Smart Dogs. Foreword by Richard A. Wolters, photographs by Myron Beck. A perfect book for both dog lovers and lovers of literature, filled with nine classic short stories about dogs and wonderful color photographs. Includes Dorothy Parker, James Thurber, Ring Lardner, Don Marquis, O. Henry.

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catterpillar

This book is a must for dog lovers -- a collection of stories about dogs by well known authors. The stories range from poignant to laugh out loud funny (James Thurber, "The Dog Who Bit People"), illustrated with beautiful photos (of dogs). Great gift -- Highly recommended!

Agalen

At the beginning of November I had to put down our nearly thirteen-year-old German Shepherd. We got a new dog last week -- a four-month-old Doberman Pinscher. Even though it's only been a week, I am confident in pronouncing Rufus a good'un. To commemorate the occasion I went to the dog-book section of our home library and dug out this book. We probably acquired it a quarter century ago -- in what circumstances I don't recall -- and I had never read it.

DOG TALES is a major disappointment. It is inferior to most dog books and quite inferior to Rufus. It contains the following nine stories:

* Your Boy and His Dog, by Robert Benchley
* Macdunald, by John Held, Jr.
* Memoirs of a Yellow Dog, by O. Henry
* Lassie Come Home, by Eric Knight
* Dogs, by Ring Lardner
* Being a Public Character, by Don Marquis
* Toward the Dog Days, by Dorothy Parker
* Louis, by Saki
* The Dog That Bit People, by James Thurber

They all are quite dated (the "newest" was published in 1949), probably because the compiler and publisher were looking for material no longer subject to copyright. Benchley, Lardner, Marquis, Parker, and Thurber are famous as humorists, but their stories are barely amusing (the Benchley and Lardner ones are silly). Only one of the stories -- "Lassie Come Home", by Eric Knight -- is better than mediocre, and it is a little too sentimental. The sub-title -- "Classic Stories about Smart Dogs" -- is a double misrepresentation: not only are the stories far from classics, but the dogs in several of them are not particularly smart (in one, the dog isn't even alive).

Thus the book cannot be recommended for the stories. About the only reason to open its covers is for the twenty-one photographs that accompany the stories. Each features one or more dogs of a different breed, looking handsome, affectionate, or cute, and everyone of them is lovable. Alas, not one of the photographs is of a German Shepherd or Doberman Pinscher.

Yanki

This is a perfect book for anyone who loves dogs. The photographs are excellent as are the stories. For a person like me who only reads music and software design, this is proof that the book is great.

Gardagar

Instead of the new copy of Dog Tales, a great collection of short stories by famous authors, I received a dirty, old, used library copy of a dog training book. Amazon, excellent as always immediately refunded my purchase price.