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Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)

Autore di Beautiful Joe

24+ opere 751 membri 19 recensioni 1 preferito

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Fonte dell'immagine: Image from Little pilgrimages among the women who have written famous books (1902) by Edward Francis Harkins

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Five Great Dog Novels (1961) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Tails to Wag: Classic Canine Stories (2014) — Collaboratore — 3 copie

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3.5 stars

Beautiful Joe was a dog (apparently a real dog) who was abused by his owner (along with his mother and siblings, who were all killed), but was rescued by some local kids after Joe’s owner cut off his ears and tail. Joe hit the jackpot with his new family, especially soft-hearted Miss Laura who took good care of Joe and all the other animals the family had. When Miss Laura went off to a relative’s farm for a summer, Joe went with her and learned about the farm animals, as well.

The book was told from Beautiful Joe’s point of view. I enjoyed this (mostly), but it did get preachy at times. I completely agree with it all, but even so, it still felt a bit preachy to me. Many of the characters in the story were almost too good to be true, but at the same time, I think the book (originally published in 1893) was trying to teach kids not to be cruel to animals – they have feelings and feel pain, too. Interesting that it is actually a woman who wrote this: Margaret Marshall Saunders.
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LibraryCin | 17 altre recensioni | May 14, 2023 |
beautiful joe was a real dog and beautiful joe was his real name
 
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amcross | 17 altre recensioni | May 1, 2023 |
This was the book my mother was reading when she died. It was on her sink in the bathroom next to the toilet, with her place saved with a bobby pin.
 
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Eurekas | 17 altre recensioni | Apr 27, 2023 |
I own (or used to somewhere) this exact version of this book. I read it when I was a kid, and even then, the book was falling apart. Very good story about being kind to animals. Trigger warning: The book starts off with a puppy getting its ears cut off with an ax, though this is done to make the point of how cruel it is.
 
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Serenity17 | 17 altre recensioni | Nov 5, 2022 |

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