Best Dog Stories


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(3.5 stars; 8 reviews)

A collection of adult stories - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Some of these selections contain violence and racial stereotypes that will be objectionable to some listeners. - Summary by TriciaG (6 hr 53 min)

Chapitres

To Hub--Just a Dog, by Warren G. Harding 2:26 Lu par mleigh
A Tribute to the Dog, by George Graham Vest 4:24 Lu par mleigh
The Anarchist--His Dog, by Susan Glaspell 34:23 Lu par Deanna Heise
One Smart Pup, by Frank R. Pierce 29:33 Lu par April6090
Ordered On, by John T. Foote 31:14 Lu par Audrey Sing
Drafted, by Vesta Tharp 20:32 Lu par Michael Cocciolillo
Brown Wolf, by Jack London 15:38 Lu par Amber Rose
The Pursuit, by Samuel A. Derieux 34:33 Lu par Audrey Sing
Bill, by Roy Norton 25:28 Lu par Audrey Sing
When the Prince Came Home, by George T. Marsh 45:52 Lu par Audrey Sing
The Last Adventure, by Albert P. Terhune 37:09 Lu par Audrey Sing
Gammire, by Booth Tarkington 51:11 Lu par TriciaG
The Lost Dog, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 11:46 Lu par T.Honcharyk
Smoke, by John A. Moroso 20:41 Lu par Audrey Sing
Chums, by Edwin L. Sabin 24:18 Lu par ambsweet13
A Little Ghost in the Garden, by Richard Le Gallienne 24:05 Lu par Audrey Sing

Critiques


(0.5 stars)

Booth Tarkington's story of the black poodle would be wonderful were it not within a glaring unfortunate example of presenting black servants in stereotype and dialect. While not an unusual gratuitous practice (ie not necessary to the story) throughout American literature to select this excerpt from the book Gentle Julia is a sad exposure of Tarkington's blithe insensitivity . He obviously loved and owned black poodles, but, his means of celebrating them is painful. The reader made some attempt to minimize the extreme black dialect. No matter when the anthology was compiled this story should be left out. We can't edit out such prejudice from past writers work but we needn't celebrate it.