Bruce
1920
Bruce
1920
The dog at the center of this 1920 novel is born female but named Bruce, and that contradiction shapes her entire existence. Born with exceptional pedigree and striking beauty, Rothsay Lass is overlooked and dismissed simply for being a girl pup in a world that values males for working dogs. When she's finally chosen by a lonely boy named Dick Hazen as his birthday gift, she finds the love she's always craved, but Dick's mother refuses to accept a female dog, forcing Lass to prove herself through extraordinary devotion and courage. Terhune writes with the passionate intensity of someone who truly understood dogs. His collies are never mere pets; they are souls with dignity, intelligence, and fierce loyalty. The prose can be melodramatic by modern standards, but that earnestness is part of the charm, it's a book that believes absolutely in the noble heart of a dog. This is for readers who want to feel something pure about the bond between human and animal.
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“If it’s a freak to be the only puppy in a litter,” answered the Mistress, refusing to part with her enthusiasm over the miracle, “then this one ought to bring us luck. Let’s call him ‘Bruce.’ You remember, the original Bruce won because of the mystic number, seven. This Bruce has got to make up to us for the seven puppies that weren’t born. See how proud she is of him! Isn’t she a sweet little mother?””
— Albert Payson Terhune
“When I think of the people who give their sons and everything they have, to the country, I feel ashamed of not being more willing to let a mere dog go. But then Bruce is not just a ‘mere dog.’ He is – he is Bruce.””
— Albert Payson Terhune
“Out stepped Lass, - tired, confused, a little frightened, but eagerly willing to make friends with a world which she still insisted on believing was friendly. It is hard to shake a collie pup's inborn faith in the friendliness of mankind, but once shaken, it is more than shaken. It is shattered beyond hope of complete mending.””
— Albert Payson Terhune
“By this graceless speech Dick Hazen received the key to the Seventh Paradise, and a life-membership in the world-wide Order of Dog-Lovers.””
— Albert Payson Terhune
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