The American Book of the Dog: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The American Book of the Dog, credited to Various, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The American Book of the Dog by Various. Read by LibriVox Volunteers Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884) which firmly established breed standards, and the development of bench shows and field trials. Each article, written by a premier breed expert of the day, sheds light on how today's breeds were sculpted from the best traits of dogs of yesteryear. Old dog training theory and methods of treating disease are discussed. Editor Shields called this book (as of 1891) “the grandest work on the dog ever published”. Its various authors were part of the movement importing canine stock from Europe, often at enormous expense, and organizing national breed clubs from the various private clubs they were part of. ( Summary by Michele Fry)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The American Book of the Dog
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 49
• Listed recording duration: 24:10:34

Catalogue topics

• dogs
• dog breeds
• hunting dogs
• dog clubs

Opening tracks: first 24 of 49

1. 01 Preface and Introduction — 6:54
2. 02 The English Setter — 54:37
3. 03 The Irish Setter — 56:21
4. 04 The American Golden Setter — 40:11
5. 05 The Pointer, Part 1 — 59:16
6. 06 The Pointer, Part 2 — 54:45
7. 07 The Greyhound — 1:04:59
8. 08 The Deerhound — 38:35
9. 09 The Foxhound — 48:44
10. 10 The Basset Hound — 16:22
11. 11 The Dachshund — 46:21
12. 12 The Bloodhound — 43:46
13. 13 The Russian Wolfhound — 11:20
14. 14 The Beagle Hound — 46:23
15. 15 The Irish Water Spaniel — 18:32
16. 16 The English Water Spaniel — 10:33
17. 17 The Clumber Spaniel — 36:25
18. 18 The Sussex Spaniel — 8:36
19. 19 The Field Spaniel — 17:56
20. 20 The Cocker Spaniel — 46:58
21. 21 The Chesapeake Bay Dog — 33:10
22. 22 The Fox Terrier — 49:35
23. 23 The Bedlington Terrier — 38:07
24. 24 The Irish Terrier — 27:57

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