Good dog : true stories of love, loss, and loyalty

DiBenedetto, David, (editor of compilation.).

Summary: "Inspired by Garden & Gun magazine's popular Good Dog column, [this is a] collection of true stories celebrating the unique relationship between humans and their canine companions, penned by some of today's top writers, including Jon Meacham, Roy Blount, Jr, Dominique Browning, and P.J. O'Rourke"--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062242358 (hardback)
ISBN: 0062242350 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiv, 315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: My life in dog years / David DiBenedetto -- Chapter 1: The troublemakers. Appetite for destruction / T. Edward Nickens ; Sadie, the white devil / Allison Glock ; The canine criminal / C.J. Chivers ; Hurricane Muffin / Katie Crouch ; Escape artist / Bob McDill ; An L.A. Beagle / Susan Gregg Gilmore ; Believing in Chance / Hunter Kennedy ; Emmett & me / John Ed Bradley -- Chapter 2: Into the field. The trophy huntress / Jonathan Miles ; Poodle power / Logan Ward ; Education of a bird dog / Geoffrey Norman ; On patrol / Ben McC. Moïse ; Chicken dog / Clyde Edgerton ; Training days / David DiBenedetto ; The urban gundog / Guy Martin ; Dog tired / Thomas McIntyre ; Doubling down / Jeff Hull ; The sweetest sound / Rick Bragg -- Chapter 3: Man's best friend. Lapdog / Charles Gaines ; King of Oxford / Jim Dees ; Traveling companion / Donovan Webster ; A good nose / Roger Pinckney ; Scents and sensibilities / Julia Reed ; Ole No. 7 / Ace Atkins ; A dog to lean on / Martha J. Miller ; Dog gone / Roy Blount, Jr. ; Running mates / Vanessa Gregory ; Literary canines / Curtis Wilkie ; Delta dog / J.M. Martin -- Chapter 4: Family ties. A marriage for the dogs / Jill McKorkle ; Dog meets wife / Charlie Geer ; Golden snapper / Lisa Howorth ; The dog who lived forever / Nic Brown ; Two of a kind / Beth Hatcher ; A puppy and a patch of grass / Jon Meacham ; Coveting thy neighbor's dog / Beth Macy ; Home is where the mutt is / Ashley Warlick ; My mother, my dog / Donna Levine ; Lost and found / Lawrence Naumoff ; From cat to dog / Blair Hobbs ; Canine couple / Bucky McMahon -- Chapter 5: Life lessons. Swim team / Dominique Browning ; Puppy dreams / Pat Jordan ; Last rites / Mary Lou Bendrick ; Licked to death by a pit bull / Bronwen Dickey ; Fetch Daddy a drink / P.J. O'Rourke ; The world's greatest dog / Robert Hicks ; Guide dogs / Rick Bass ; Sit, stay, heal / Jack Hitt ; Who's the boss? / Chris Hastings ; How to name a dog / Daniel Wallace.