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Old Dogs
Gene Weingarton
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Description for Old Dogs
Hardback. A richly illustrated gift book for anyone who has ever loved an old dog, by columnist Gene Weingarten and Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Michael Williamson. Num Pages: 160 pages, 64 illustrations; 2-c duotones. BIC Classification: WNGD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 187 x 2. Weight in Grams: 576.
The memories that people have of dogs they have loved and lost are almost always of the animal in his final years; somehow, those are the images we treasure most. There is a reason. Old dogs can be rheumy-eyed and grump, gray of muzzle, graceless of gait, eccentric of habit, pimply, wheezy, lazy, lumpy. But that is not the whole of him. The old dog is resolute. He is canny. He is noble. She is funny, and seems to know it. She is sweetly vulnerable. He has character and dignity and an elegance of bearing that belies his circumstances, and ... Read more
The memories that people have of dogs they have loved and lost are almost always of the animal in his final years; somehow, those are the images we treasure most. There is a reason. Old dogs can be rheumy-eyed and grump, gray of muzzle, graceless of gait, eccentric of habit, pimply, wheezy, lazy, lumpy. But that is not the whole of him. The old dog is resolute. He is canny. He is noble. She is funny, and seems to know it. She is sweetly vulnerable. He has character and dignity and an elegance of bearing that belies his circumstances, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416534990
SKU
V9781416534990
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Ref
99-15
About Gene Weingarton
Washington Post photographer Michael S. Williamson was born and raised in Washington, DC. A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Williamson has covered a variety of global events over the last thirty years, including the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the Philippine revolution, strife in the Middle East, the Gulf War, and conflicts in Africa and the Balkans. At the Post, ... Read more
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