The new work of dogs : tending to life, love, and family / Jon Katz.
| Author/creator | Katz, Jon |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Villard, ©2003. |
| Description | xxiii, 225 pages ; 22 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | http://www.bedlamfarm.com/ |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-225). |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Katz, Jon. New work of dogs. 1st ed. New York : Villard, ©2003 |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction. |
| Genre/form | Anecdotes. |
| Genre/form | Anecdotes. |
| Genre/form | Anecdotes. |
| LCCN | 2002044915 |
| ISBN | 0375508147 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780375508141 (alk. paper) |