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Albert Payson Terhune

Born

in Newark, N.J., The United States

December 21, 1872

Died

February 18, 1942

Genre

Young Adult, Nonfiction, Outdoors & Nature

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Albert Payson Terhune (1872 - 1942), a local author of some fame, wrote numerous adventures about Collies, most notably, "Lad, A Dog", "Sunnybank: Home of Lad", and "Further Adventures of Lad". Sunnybank, his home on the eastern shore of Pompton Lakes in northern New Jersey, was originally the home of Terhune's parents, Edward Payson Terhune and Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune. Later as his home with his wife, Anice Stockton Terhune, Sunnybank became famous as "The Place" in the many stories of Terhune. Much of the land once constituting the Sunnybank estate was lost to developers in the 1960's with the house being demolished in 1969. Fortunately though, the central 9.6 acres was preserved through the dedicated efforts of Terhune fans and dog f ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 13,381 ratings · 582 reviews · 326 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lad: A Dog (Lad, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 9,137 ratings — published 1919	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Further Adventures of Lad 4.39 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 1922 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bruce 4.25 avg rating — 450 ratings — 127 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lad of Sunnybank 4.38 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 1929 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wolf 4.27 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1925 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buff: A Collie and Other Dog Stories 4.28 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 1921 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gray Dawn 4.42 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1927 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Heart of a Dog 4.22 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1924 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Dog 4.12 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 1922 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Treve 4.34 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1924 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Albert Payson Terhune

Lad (3 books)
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Albert Payson Terhune

4.28 avg rating — 10,001 ratings

An Albert Payson Terhune Reader (3 books)
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Albert Payson Terhune,

Rodney Schroeter (Editor)

4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings

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“Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.”
― Albert Payson Terhune

tags: losing, winning

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“Any man with money to make the purchase may become a dog's owner. But no man --spend he ever so much coin and food and tact in the effort-- may become a dog's Master without consent of the dog. Do you get the difference? And he whom a dog once unreservedly accepts as Master is forever that dog's God.”
― Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog

tags: animals, dogs, pets

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“Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance of their olden lives.”
― Albert Payson Terhune

tags: dog, memory

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