Greyfriars Bobby
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 1996
224 pages
978-0-14-190713-0 (ISBN)
Description
The famous true story about a devoted dog. Bobby, an active Skye terrier, adores his master Auld Jock, and when the old man dies, Bobby refuses to leave his grave in Greyfriars Churchyard in Edinburgh. By day, he plays with the local orphans and eats at a nearby tavern, but, in spite of anything even the Lord Provost himself can do, every night for fourteen years Bobby returns faithfully to sleep by his master.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
File size
1,78 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-14-190713-0 (9780141907130)
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Eleanor Atkinson
Greyfriars Bobby
Book
05/1996
Penguin Classics
€22.48
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Person
Eleanor Atkinson was born in Indianapolis in 1863. Her most famous book is Greyfriar's Bobby, published in 1912. Prior to her marriage to Francis Blake Atkinson in 1891 she worked as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, under the penname of Nora Marks, championing women's issues of the time. She died on Long Island, USA, in 1942.
