The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000-Year Love Affair With Dogs

The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000-Year Love Affair With Dogs | Mary Elizabeth Thurston | Absolutely Fantastic!

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	The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000-Year Love Affair With Dogs Mary Elizabeth Thurston Andrews Mcmeel Pub, 1996 - 301 pages average customer review:based on 6 reviews view larger image
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Lost History of the Canine Race

The dedication of Mary Elizabeth Thurston's book says it all. She dedicated this book to her grandmother, who taught her the importance of spoiling dogs. This is a person who knows the love of sharing their life with their dog, and writes about dogs from her heart and soul. I think the chapter that stirred the deepest interest was the Dogs of War. These brave dogs and their handlers have often been forgotten, but in Thurston's book they are not only remembered, but truly honored for their contribution to the freedom we enjoy today. Thank you for writing, not just a informational book, but one that shows how much our lives are intermingled with our canine companions.

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Absolutely Fantastic!

I'm a dog lover and thought I knew everything canine. Apparently not! This book is chuckfull of information and trivia. I especially enjoyed the chapter on US Army dogs and how unfair the US government has been to them. A must read!

excellant dog history

this is a wonderful book about dog orgins, i read it several years ago, and bought my own copy, a delightful read with lots of information.

Must read for dog people

After getting past the very unpleasant history of Man and Dog..., well it wes never truly finished. But the book is an excellent read and has a place on your book shelf. She presents some interesting modern potential actions that us dog people can take, too. Last chapter and the one on war-dogs was the best.

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What About Africa?

This well-researched, entertaining and readable book makes a subtle omission. While laying out a convincing case for the wolf origins of domestic dogs, there is little discussion of how early canines migrated from their beginnings in Asia to every continent. The early chapters shift focus from stone age times in Europe to the civilisation of Ancient Egypt, where, the author states, exotic dogs such as Basenjis were "imported" from Africa (overlooking the fact that Egypt is in Africa). How did Asian wolves become African Basenjis? And how did wolves come to Australia?

Unfortunately, Africa is not mentioned in the book's index, making an indexed study of "The Lost History" difficult.

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