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1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
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Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue A Ghost Story -- 1 The Misunderstanding -- 2 The Summer of 1972 -- 3 The Earth Life -- 4 Phineas -- 5 The Dogs of Devon -- 6 Growing up Small -- 7 The Soul of a Dog -- 8 Hamilton Farm -- 9 Special Dogs -- 10 Living at the Edge -- 11 Show Dogs -- 12 Leaving Millegan -- 13 Paradise -- 14 America Discovers Jack Russells -- 15 Seaching for “Genetic Immortality� -- 16 Ifrit�s Spirit -- 17 Ifrit Passes -- 18 Daisy and Bungee -- 19 Ranching the View -- 20 The Stealth and “A� Teams |
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21 Bungee�s Summer22 Bungee�s Winter -- 23 Cricket -- 24 A Sporting Dog -- 25 Ghosts -- 26 Eternity -- 27 Millegan Return -- Epilogue The Future of Dogs -- End -- Image Information and Credits |
| Summary |
"This is the story of a family and their animal companions for thirty years. It is at one level about the Jack Russell terriers Ifrit, Bungee, and their own friends as well as the people who nominally owned them and other dogs as well. Alston Chase tells of his search for the immortality of dogs, what makes them special, and why we willingly give them our hearts knowing that someday they'll die and leave us bereft. The answer, he finds, does not come through attempting to produce exact replicas of them through inbreeding, as professional breeders often do and which he sees as a form of genetic death, but in their embodiment of spirit over mortality. It is through the window of their brief lives that we glimpse eternity." "This book is an eloquent tribute to the dogs we love, and a reflection on mortality, the limitations of life, and the final triumph of the spirit."--BOOK JACKET |
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Print version record |
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Chase, Alston
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| SUBJECT |
Chase, Alston fast |
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Jack Russell terrier -- Anecdotes
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Human-animal relationships -- Anecdotes
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
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PETS -- Dogs -- General.
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Jack Russell terrier
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Human-animal relationships
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781412815970 |
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1412815975 |
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9781351298285 |
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1351298283 |
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