The new work of dogs : tending to life, love, and family / Jon Katz.

Author/creator Katz, Jon
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Villard, ©2003.
Descriptionxxiii, 225 pages ; 22 cm
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Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Contents Dogville, U.S.A. -- The good mother -- Saint Betty Jean -- More than a friend -- The divorced dogs club -- A duet -- A kid and his dog -- A tale of two dogs -- Ain't she a doll? -- Trixie's time -- Dogville, revisited.
Abstract The author uses twelve human-dog relationships to explore the changing role of dogs in American life, examining the current need for dogs to provide emotional support to a population coping with an increasingly uncertain world.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-225).
Study program note Accelerated Reader
Issued in other formOnline version: Katz, Jon. New work of dogs. 1st ed. New York : Villard, ©2003
Genre/formNonfiction.
Genre/formAnecdotes.
Genre/formAnecdotes.
Genre/formAnecdotes.
LCCN 2002044915
ISBN0375508147 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780375508141 (alk. paper)