All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog. So wrote Franz Kafka, and those who cherish man' s best friend will find plenty to enjoy in this appealing, delightfully illustrated compilation. The quotations extend from Shakespeare and Sartre to Groucho Marx and Woodrow Wilson, and range from adoring to amusing.
Love of Dogs, in the tradition of the bestsellers Love of Labs and Love of Goldens, is the supreme tribute to our best friend. Combining the writing of well-known authors such as James Herriot, E. B. White, Walter D. Edmonds, John Taintor Foote, Albert Payson Terhune, and Jilly Cooper with spectacular color photography, comical black and white shots, and dog paintings, Love of Dogs will appeal to dog owners everywhere. This book consists of stories of incredible courage, unflinching loyalty, and unconditional love, illustrated with the best full-color photos of favorite breeds (as well as of lovable mutts). Love of Dogs makes it clear why we share our lives-and our hearts-with our canine pals. Also recommended: Love of German Shepherds, Love of Goldens, Love of Labs, Puppy Love. Celebrate the world's most popular pets with the PetLife Library from Voyageur Press. This acclaimed series brings you treasured stories and insights from noted authors, along with stunning color photographs of your favorite pets.
This is a book of essays about upland hunting experiences, bird dogs, noteworthy authors who wrote books about upland hunting, celebrated entrepreneurs in the shotgun-producing industry, favorite upland painters whose subjects were dogs and men in the field, fine double shotguns, a few short stories and several miscellaneous subjects, most related to the upland shooting life. This book also offers historical, environmental, philosophical and aesthetical observations of a long-time rural landowner. A fellow bird hunter, Dick Curriden, of Greenville, Maine also contributed witty and humorous words of a highly respected sportsman in the form of letters written to me over the years. The title, Meanderings of a Snake Meadow Editor, originates from the well-known 1925-established Snake Meadow Club, Inc., located in the towns of Plainfield and Killingly in eastern Connecticut, of which I have been quarterly newsletter editor for the past twenty-two years. This has afforded me the opportunity to write a column or two in every publication. These rather brief paragraphs in the newsletters have been expanded and, with few exceptions, resulted in the essays that comprise this book.
