Lad: A Dog
Lad: A Dog is a 1919 novel written by Albert Payson Terhune, loosely based on the life of Terhune's real-life rough collie, Lad. Born in 1902, the real-life Lad was an unregistered collie of unknown lineage. Through Lad's adventures, Terhune expresses his views on parenting, obtaining perfect...
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Lad: A Dog is a 1919 novel written by Albert Payson Terhune, loosely based on the life of Terhune's real-life rough collie, Lad. Born in 1902, the real-life Lad was an unregistered collie of unknown lineage. Through Lad's adventures, Terhune expresses his views on parenting, obtaining perfect obedience without force, and the nature and rights of the "well-bred." It has sold more than one million copies and remains Terhune's best-selling work.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781434440495 (1434440494)
Publish date: February 23rd 2012
Publisher: A Terhune Book
Pages no: 248
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Environment,
Nature,
Drama,
Animals,
Dogs
Series: Lad
God, this is awful. I love dogs. I love dog books. Silver Chief, Dog of the North and Big Red were among my favorite books growing up. I didn't even much mind reading James Oliver Curwood's Swift Lightening a year or so ago, although it was a pretty silly book. But this piece of crap is beyond the p...
I read this book as a child...and like others, I fell in love with Lad and his adventures. I've grown up around dogs and what Albert Terhune says about them is still true today. Anyone can be a dog's owner but, only a dog can choose its master.I recently reread this book and it brought back a floo...
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