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message 1: by Andrea (new)

Andrea Surely Lassie Come-Home is fiction?


message 2: by Stephen (new)

Stephen Wallace Thanks Cara! Really enjoyed your list. Lots of great dog nonfiction dog books. There are so many dog books out there so hard to list all the 'best', but good list.


message 3: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Andrea wrote: "Surely Lassie Come-Home is fiction?"

It was based on a real dog.


message 4: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog is here twice but can be fixed by a librarian who is able to do a "merge".


message 5: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn ilverton Bobbie the Wonder Dog is the real-life Lassie Come-Home. As the events of his remarkable journey occurred more than 15 years before the publication of Eric Knight’s iconic work, some speculate Bobbie’s homing trek inspired the fictional Lassie’s. Regarding the rumor that Knight’s Lassie was modeled after Bobbie, there seems to be no concrete evidence Eric Knight was aware of Silverton Bobbie. However, it is a compelling conjecture. Bobbie the American Collie did receive fan mail from many countries including England, Eric Knight’s birthplace, though he spent much of his life in America. Bobbie was quite the talk of the English-speaking world for a time, and consequently “Bobbie” became a popular Collie name. (In the 1930s, my grandma grew up with a Collie named Bobbie on the family farm.) It would be more surprising if Eric Knight had somehow escaped knowledge of Bobbie the Wonder Dog.


message 6: by Andrea (new)

Andrea ~☆~Autumn wrote: "Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog is here twice but can be fixed by a librarian who is able to do a "merge"."

Thanks Autumn, I have done a merge and three duplicates were found and removed.


message 7: by Andrea (new)

Andrea ~☆~Autumn wrote: "ilverton Bobbie the Wonder Dog is the real-life Lassie Come-Home. As the events of his remarkable journey occurred more than 15 years before the publication of Eric Knight’s iconic work, some specu..."

That's very interesting, thank you!


message 8: by ~☆~Autumn (last edited Apr 03, 2024 03:16AM) (new)

~☆~Autumn Andrea wrote:

Thanks Autumn, I have done a merge and thr..."


Good work! Thanks!


message 9: by ~☆~Autumn (new)

~☆~Autumn Andrea wrote: "~☆~Autumn wrote: "ilverton Bobbie the Wonder Dog is the real-life Lassie Come-Home. As the events of his remarkable journey occurred more than 15 years before the publication of Eric Knight’s iconi..."

Loved that books long ago.


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