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Original Title: | Gray Dawn |
ISBN: | 1880158353 (ISBN13: 9781880158357) |
Edition Language: | English |
Albert Payson Terhune
Paperback | Pages: 208 pages Rating: 4.35 | 212 Users | 9 Reviews
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Title | : | Gray Dawn |
Author | : | Albert Payson Terhune |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 208 pages |
Published | : | March 1st 2005 by J. N. Townsend Publishing (first published January 1st 1927) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Animals. Classics. Childrens. Dogs |
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Gray Dawn, a blue merle collie born in Sunnybank, never does things as the others do, or as the others before him. Early on, the Master is convinced that Gray Dawn is a hopeless case, and is about to sell him to another breeder, despite his wife's protests. But Gray Dawn is spared at the last moment by performing a courageous deed that wins his Master's heart.A reissued paperback edition of the stories written by Albert Payson Terhune for The Ladies' Home Journal in 1927 in serial form.
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Ratings: 4.35 From 212 Users | 9 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books Gray Dawn
I love all of Terhune's dog books. This book is about one of the last of the great Sunnybank collies, Gray Dawn.
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
These books are some of my all-time favorites.
An Incredible dogI live not twenty miles from where these stories were written over eighty years ago. The home that was "The Place" has been plowed down to make way for route 17. Never before not after would such a number of grand Collies all come from one place. Though "The Place" is long gone now, it lives on in wo
Do remember this one, loved it!
This book belonged to my father when he was a boy. I found it on the shelf in his old bedroom, read it, and fell in love with the collie and his amazing, thrilling adventures. Much later, I read a review of Terhune that was most unflattering and if I were to read this as an adult, I'm sure I'd find parts that are politically incorrect and parts about dogs that are just smarmy. Still though, I remember chapter after chapter of this brave dog's escapades.
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