This collection of true stories celebrates the lives of a handful of vagabond dogs who spurned confinement and one-family ownership.
Boozer had his own bank account and appeared on Good Morning America.
Owney spent his life riding U.S. mail trains and can now be seen in the Smithsonian Institute.
Greyfriars Bobby snuck into the cemetery every night for 14 years to sleep on his master's grave.
Lampo became famous for riding the railways of Italy but always returned to the same station.
Tricksey offered companionship to the residents of a nursing home.
Patsy Ann watched the shores of Alaska and knew before all others that a ship was arriving even though she was stone deaf.
These atypical dogs all share the same independent spirit that inspires human admiration and devotion.
It Takes a Dog to Raise a Village is a tribute to their spirit and their unusual bonds with the humans who knew them. The text is highlighted by pencil drawings.
ISBN: 978-1-57223-300-3
5 3/4" x 7 1/2", 192 pages, hardcover.
Written by: Ruth Gordon
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