Speaking of Dogs: The Best Collection of Canine Quotables Ever Compiled

ISBN 10: 156792588X / ISBN 13: 9781567925883

Editore: David R. Godine, Publisher, 2017

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A collection of quotations from pundits and poets, artists and authors for dog lovers There’s something new and memorable in here for everyone.
James Charlton categorizes quotes into sections to easily locate a message to fit your mood or life circumstance. Lonely? Love and Loyalty. Aging? Old Dogs. Bad day at work? Barking and Biting. Cat scratched your furniture? Dogs Are Better. Despairing? Love a Dog. Witty and tender, with hundreds of quotes to choose from, this book doggedly compiles all the best words ever written or spoken about man’s best friend, all complemented by cartoonist Arnold Roth’s artwork. And remember what Mark Twain said: “Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”

Dalla quarta di copertina: James Charlton is the author and editor of more than thirty books, including The Writer’s Quotation Book, Fighting Words, and How to Speak Baseball with Sally Cook. Jim lives with his wife Barbara and his Great Pyrenees, Cooper, in New York City and Lakeville, Connecticut.Arnold Roth is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work has been featured in Playboy, Esquire, and The New Yorker. A contributor to Punch for twenty years, he has published multiple books. His illustrations are in permanent collections of a number of museums, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the International Museum of Cartoon Art in Boca Raton.

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Titolo: Speaking of Dogs: The Best Collection of ...
Casa editrice: David R. Godine, Publisher
Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Legatura: Paperback
Illustratore: Roth, Arnold
Condizione: Very Good