The History of the World in Fifty Dogs
Published on 15. October 2019
176 pages
978-1-68335-763-6 (ISBN)
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An illustrated collection of stories about dogs that knew how to sit, stay, and witness history
Most dog lovers know Fido and Laika, but how about Martha, Paul McCartney's Old English Sheepdog? Or Peritas, Alexander the Great's trusted canine companion? As long as there have been humans, those humans have had beloved companions-their dogs. From the ancient Egyptians mummifying their pups, to the Indian legend of the king who refused to enter the afterlife unless his dog was allowed there too, to the modern meme and popularity of terms like the corgi sploot, humans are undeniably obsessed with their dogs. Told in short, illustrated essays that are interspersed with both historical and canine factoids, The History of the World in Fifty Dogs brings to life some of history's most memorable moments through the stories of the dogs that saw them happen.
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Mackenzi Lee holds a BA in history and an MFA in writing for children and young adults from Simmons College. She is the New York Times bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue, which was awarded a 2018 Stonewall Book Award Honor. She is also the author of Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Women Who Changed to World. Lee currently works at an independent bookstore in Salt Lake City.
Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Dog Domestication: A Short Introduction to the Notorious D.O.G.
- Bark Like an Egyptian: Abuwtiyuw, History's First Recorded Dog with a Name
- The Xoloitzcuintli: She Is Beauty, She Is Grace, She Will Lead You to the Underworld in Spite of Her Weird Face
- Panhu Makes Fetch Happen: Chinese Mythology's Original Ancestor
- Argos, the Loyal Dog of the Odyssey: Western Literature's First Dead Dog
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: King Yudhisthira and the Dog of the Mahabharata
- Peritas the Great: The Somewhat Mythical Dog of Alexander the Great
- Imperial China's Adorable Mace: The Pekingese and Other Lion Dogs of China
- The Dog King of Norway Has No Idea What He's Doing: Scandinavia's Mythical History of Ruff Regents
- St. Roch, the Patron Saint of Dogs: Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Treats
- Donchadh, Robert the Bruce's Loyal Hound: Unintentionally Becomes Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Conquistadogs! In Which Dogs Are Forced to Be Complicit in Colonialism
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Pug: How One Dog Stopped a Royal Assassination
- Urian the Greyhound: One Dog Chomps the Catholic Church
- Game of Bones: The Dogs of the English Civil War
- The Gravity of the Situation: In Which Isaac Newton's Dog Almost Ruins Everything
- The Dog Shogun: Protecting the Strays of Japan
- I Want Brandy! Barry and the Rescue Dogs of St. Bernard Pass
- "If You Want a Friend in Washington, Get a Dog": First Pups in the White House
- Fortune the Pug: Napoleon Bonaparte Has a Bone to Pick with Dogs
- Woofers Go West! Lewis, Clark, and Their Newfoundland, Seaman, Lead the Corps of Discovery
- Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Pet: Lord Byron's Dog Botswain, and Also, What Was the Romantic Movement?
- The Brown Dog Affair: Or, JFC Let's Stop Experimenting on Animals
- Greyfriars Bobby: And Other Loyal Dog Tails
- Semper Fido: How "Fido" Became Synonymous with "Dog"
- Adopt Don't Shop! Caroline Earle White Founds America's First Animal Shelters
- "Hello? Yes, This Is Dog": How Alexander Graham Bell's Dog Helped Invent the Telephone
- They See Me Rollin': Bud Nelson and the First Cross-Country Road Trip in the United States
- Lizzie Borden Took an Ax . . . and Used It to Chop Up Treats for Her Boston Terriers
- National Bark Ranger: John Muir and Stickeen, Partners in Adventure
- The Pawscar Goes To . . . : Dogs in the Movies
- My Bark Will Go On: Dogs on the Titanic
- A Small History of Therapy Dogs: How Does That Make You Feel?
- The Dogs of War, Part I: The Canine Combatants of World War I
- Russia's Last Royal Dogs: Although the Tsar Did Not Survive, One Dogter May Be Still Alive
- The War of the Stray Dog: Or, the Curious Incident of the Dog in the War-time
- Dire Wolves Against Diphtheria: Togo, Balto, and the Great Race of Mercy to Save Nome, Alaska
- Her Majesty's Corgis: How These Furry Potatoes Became the Symbol of the British Crown
- America's First Seeing-Eye Dog: The Walk That Changed History
- Reservoir Dog: The Hoover Dam's Four-Legged Mascot
- Hitler's Talking Dog Army: It Did Not Pan Out
- You Call This Barkaeology?! Robot the Dog Discovers the Lascaux Cave Paintings
- The Dogs of War, Part II: The Pupper Privates of World War II
- DOGS! IN! SPAAAAACE! How Dogs Took Man to Space
- Martha, My Dear! Beatlemania's First Dog
- I Can Has Racial Equality? Nelson Mandela and His Dog, Gompo
- The Canine Rescue Teams of 9/11: Each One Gooder Than the Last
- Furgin Birth: How Snuppy Became the World's First Cloned Dog
- Slum Dog Mountaineer: From Homeless Stray to the First Dog to Climb Mt. Everest
- Dying Breeds: Extinct Dog Breeds in History
- Selected Bibliography
