Greyfriars Bobby
$21.78
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
26 May 1994
Summary
The famous true story of a devoted dog, first published in 1912, loved and widely read all over the world.
Bobby, a sparky silver-haired Skye terrier, adopts lonely shepherd Auld Jock as his master, and the two become inseparable. When Jock is dismissed by the farmer, he tries to find work in the city but sinks into poverty and dies, having suffered one cold winter too many.
The farmer tries to reclaim Bobby as a pet for his daughter, but the little dog remains faithful only t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140367423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014036742X |
| Author: | Eleanor Atkinson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Imprint: | Puffin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 26 May 1994 |
| Weight: | 193g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Puffin Classics |
| Audience Age: | 7-11 |
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Eleanor Atkinson
Eleanor Atkinson was born in Indianapolis in 1863. Her most famous book is Greyfriar’s Bobby, published in 1912. Prior to her marriage to Francis Blake Atkinson in 1891 she worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, under the penname of Nora Marks, championing women’s issues of the time. She died on Long Island, USA, in 1942.
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