Lad: A Dog

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Lad: A DogISBN13:9781974279920ISBN10:1974279928Author:Terhune, Albert Payson (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Lad: A Dog Is A 1919 American Novel Written By Albert Payson Terhune And Published By E P Dutton Composed Of Twelve Short Stories First Published In Magazines, The Novel Is 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 Originally Owned By Terhune's Father Lad's Death In 1918 Was Mourned By Many Of The Story's Fans, Particularly Children Through The Stories Of Lad's Adventures, Terhune Expresses His Views On Parenting, Obtaining Perfect Obedience Without Force, And The Nature And Rights Of The Well-Bred Terhune Began Writing The Stories In 1915 At The Suggestion Of His Red Book Magazine Editor They Gained In Popularity And, As Terhune Was Under Contractual Obligation To Submit Something To Doubleday-Page, He Collected Them Into Novel Form After Doubleday Rejected The Novel, He Solicited Other Publishers Until It Was Picked Up By Dutton After A Slow Start, The Novel Became A Best Seller In The Adult Fiction And Children's Fiction Markets, Having Been Repositioned As A Young Adult Novel By Grosset And Dunlap In The 1960S And 1970S Selling Over One Million Copies, It Is Terhune's Best-Selling Work And The One That Propelled Him To Fame It Has Been Reprinted Over 70 Times By Dutton, And Republished By A Variety Of Publishers Since Its Original Release, Including At Least Six International Translations Contemporaneous Critics Praised Terhune's Writing Style And The Overall Story Appeal, While Dog Breeders Criticized His Unrealistic Canine Characters In Retrospective Reviews, Critics Considered That The Novel Had Aged Badly, And That Terhune Displayed Little Actual Writing Skill, But Noted That The Novel Was Able To Hold Long-Lasting Appeal As It Triggered The Reader's Desire To Have Such An Ideal Dog Terhune Himself Considered The Novel Hack Writing And Did Not Understand Why It Was So Popular Because Of Its Reception, He Went On To Publish Two Additional Novels Featuring Lad And One Featuring Lad's Son, Wolf, As Well As Many Other Fictional Stories Featuring Dogs Warner Brothers Released A Film Adaptation In June 1962 A Series Of Four Children's Picture Books Based On Three Of The Stories From The Novel Were Published By Margo Lundell Between 1997 And 1998 Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 - February 18, 1942) Was An American Author, Dog Breeder, And Journalist The Public Knows Him Best For His Novels Relating The Adventures Of His Beloved Collies And As A Breeder Of Collies At His Sunnybank Kennels, The Lines Of Which Still Exist In Today's Rough Collies Albert Payson Terhune Was Born In New Jersey To Mary Virginia Hawes And The Reverend Edward Payson Terhune His Mother, Mary Virginia Hawes, Was A Writer Of Household Management Books And Pre-Civil War Novels Under The Name Marion Harland Terhune Had Four Sisters And One Brother, Though Only Two Of His Sisters Lived To Be Adults: Christine Terhune Herrick (1859-1944); And Virginia Terhune Van De Water (1865-1945) Sunnybank (41 0012N 74 2755W) Was Originally The Family's Summer Home, With Terhune Making It His Permanent Residence In 1912 He Was Educated At Columbia University Where He Received A Bachelor Of Arts Degree In 1893 From 1894 To 1916, He Worked As A Reporter For The Evening World He Boxed Exhibition Matches With James J Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons And James J Jeffries His Sunnybank Kennels Where He Bred And Raised Rough Collies Were The Most Famed Collie Kennels In The U S Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2017-08-13Weight:0.41 lbsDimensions:0.28'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' WNumber of Pages:132Language:English

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