Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog - Rilegato

Kerasote, Ted

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ISBN 10: 0151012709 ISBN 13: 9780151012701

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007

Riassunto

While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle’s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.

A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle’s Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.

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PRAISE FOR BLOODTIES

"The world is lucky to have this book."?ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS, author of THE HIDDEN LIFE OF DOGS

PRAISE FOR OUT THERE

"[A] sly, funny, and wise look at the world beyond the walls that we erect to keep ourselves safe from the wilderness and to keep the wilderness safe from us."?ALEXANDRA FULLER, author of DON?T LET?S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT

L'autore

TED KERASOTE ’s writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Field & Stream, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0151012709
• ISBN 13: 9780151012701
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 398