The Heart of a Dog

Before there was Rin Tin Tin, before Lassie, there was Lad - one of the most famous dogs in early American fiction. Albert Payson Terhune wrote about dogs with a novelist's eye for drama and a poet's feeling for nature, creating stories that have thrilled readers for nearly a century. This collection gathers his finest tales: Lad the collie faces the wild and its dangers; Lochinvar Bobby proves that loyalty outlasts even death; a silver fox discovers the残酷 truths of survival in the mountains. These are not simple pet stories. They are adventures populated by creatures with personalities, courage, and code of honor that put humans to shame. Terhune understood something essential about animals - that they live with an intensity and honesty that modern life has mostly extinguished. The result is literature that makes you feel the wind in a collie's coat, the strain of pursuit, the fierce joy of devotion.