Regards, Rodeo: The Mariner Dog Of Cassis

by Alan Armstrong

Joining his wife in Cassis, France, where she was painter-in-residence, Alan Armstrong became friendly with a sailing school instructor and his dog, Rodeo. He also became intrigued with the region. As a result, he created these letters, written by the dog, Rodeo, in France to the author's dog in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Full of dog lore, humorous anecdotes of life in Cassis and some reflections on the devastation of World War II, Regards, Rodeo is an unusual story that will appeal to dog fanciers and francophiles.

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1999

About the author

Alan Armstrong started volunteering in a friend's bookshop when he was eight. At 14, he was selling books at Brentano's. As an adult, every so often, he takes to the road in a VW bus named Zora to peddle used books. He is the editor of Forget Not Mee & My Garden, a collection of the letters of Peter Collinson, the 18th-century mercer and amateur botanist. He lives with his wife, Martha, a painter, in Massachusetts.