His Dog

By Albert Payson Terhune,

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1 author picked His Dog as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Iā€™m a sucker for a book where a struggling person turns his life around, and His Dog is a wonderful example. A bitter, failed man, run to seed and given up to drink and bad ways, takes in a stray dog, and we see the gradual transformation of his life in response to the dogā€™s pure goodwill. Itā€™s a charming book, and as it goes on, and terrible risks are encountered and overcome, it is in emotional terms one of the most exciting books Iā€™ve read. Originally published in 1922, the book deals with subjects that donā€™t change over time,ā€¦

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