Amazing Dogs
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8014-5017-4 (ISBN)
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In Amazing Dogs, Jan Bondeson tells the stories of some of the most extraordinary dogs in history. In the 1750s, the Learned English Dog was a sensation in London: this spelling and calculating border collie was even thought to be a reincarnation of Pythagoras. The acting Newfoundland dog Carlo, active in London from 1803 until 1811, had plays specially written for him, involving tackling villains, liberating prisoners, and diving into artificial lakes onstage to save drowning children. Don the Speaking Dog toured the world barking out words like "Hungry! Give me cakes!" and had particular success in New York. Some of history's amazing dogs belonged to the canine proletariat: turnspit dogs ceaselessly running inside wheels to turn the roast meat, and terriers put into rat-pits, with bets laid on the number of rats killed. The champion terrier Billy killed 100 rats in five and a half minutes in 1823, a record that stood until 1863, when it was beaten by Jacko, another champion rat-killer.
Another forgotten chapter in canine history is the story of the once-famous dogs collecting for charity in London's railway stations with boxes attached to their backs. Lord Byron's rowdy Newfoundland dog Boatswain belonged to the opposite end of the canine social spectrum, as did the superrich dogs that inherited money from their wealthy and eccentric owners. The book suitably ends with a chapter on dog cemeteries and dog ghosts.
Jan Bondeson is a senior lecturer and consultant rheumatologist at Cardiff University. He is the author of many books, including The Two-headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels, also from Cornell, Animal Freaks, Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear, Freaks, and Cabinet of Medical Curiosities.
1. Introduction
2. The Great Munito & The Learned English Dog
3. Some Canine Intellectuals
4. Some Celebrated Talking Dogs
5. Doggy Drama: Some Celebrated Canine Thespians
6. Railway Jack, Owney & Some Other Canine Globetrotters
7. Some Canine Philanthropists
8. Guinefort the Dog Saint & Some Other Holy Dogs
9. Greyfriars Bobby & Some Other Faithful Dogs
10. The Turnspit Dog & Some Other Extinct Breeds
11. Lord Byrons Boatswain & Some Other Remarkable Newfoundland Dogs
12. The Great Barry & Some Other Curious Saint Bernard Dogs
13. Annals of the Rat-Pits of London & New York
14. The Brown Dog Riots
15. Dog Cemeteries, Dog Ghosts & Some Last WordsNotes
Index
| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Ithaca |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 165 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 1361 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8014-5017-9 / 0801450179 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8014-5017-4 / 9780801450174 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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