Dog's Best Friend: Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship Paperback - 2004
by Mark Derr
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Emerging from the deep shade of a sandstone outcropping that shelters their flock, three skinny black-and-white dogs warily approach pieces of cantaloupe rind thrown to entice them into the open, sniff, then begin eating, their eyes fixed on the strange Anglos talking with their Navajo owner.
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A comprehensive, humane, and bemused tour of the dog-human relationship, Dog's Best Friend combines anecdote, research, and reportage to illuminate our complex rapport with our cherished canine companions. Tracking our national obsession with an animal that now outnumbers children in American households, Mark Derr chronicles the evolution of "the culture of the dog" from the prehistoric domestication of tamed wolves to the modern horrors of overbreeding and inbreeding.
Passionate about his subject and intent on sharing his zeal, Derr defends dogs with wit and flare, producing here a quirky, informative, and fitting tribute to our love affair with canines big and small.Details
- Title Dog's Best Friend: Annals of the Dog-Human Relationship
- Author Mark Derr
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Second edition
- Pages 380
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago
- Date 2004-04-01
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780226142807 / 0226142809
- Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
- Dimensions 9.04 x 6.04 x 0.85 in (22.96 x 15.34 x 2.16 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Dogs, Human-animal relationships
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003057036
- Dewey Decimal Code 636.7
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- Kliatt, 01/01/2005, Page 35
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