Dog stories / edited by Diana Secker Tesdell.

Summary:

A collection of tales celebrating "man's best friend" as honored by authors from the past two centuries includes Rudyard Kipling's "Garm," Tobias Wolff's "Her Dog," and O. Henry's "Memoirs of a Yellow Dog."

Record details

ISBN: 184159606X
ISBN: 9780307593979
ISBN: 9781841596068
Physical Description: 378 pages ; 19 cm.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Memoirs of a yellow dog / O. Henry -- Ava's apartment / Jonathan Lethem -- Garm, a hostage / Rudyard Kipling -- Emissary / Ray Bradbury -- Mixer / P.G. Wodehouse -- There I was, stuck with Bubsy / Patricia Highsmith -- A dog's tale / Mark Twain -- Josephine has her day / James Thurber -- Kashtanka / Anton Chekhov -- Oracle of the dog / G.K. Chesterton -- Seeing eye / Brad Watson -- Her dog / Tobias Wolff -- Sir Henry / Lydia Millet -- Barking man / Madison Smartt Bell -- A yellow dog / Bret Harte -- Story of two dogs / Doris Lessing -- Hermit's story / Rick Bass -- Flight / Thomas McGuane -- My lord you / James Salter -- Black dog / Penelope Lively.