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Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey (Hardcover, 2016)

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By Bronwen Dickey. She lives in North Carolina. "Judiciously filled with data, anecdotes, illustrations and a self-deprecating, canny sense of humor, Pit Bull is a constantly surprising compendium of dog lore, human foible and social prejudice… The much-maligned pit bull finds redemption in Bronwen Dickey's entertaining, thoughtful and well-researched study of this noble canine.".

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The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized, and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs--and what role humans have played in the transformation. When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate, timid pit bull. Which made her wonder- how had the breed--beloved by Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, TV's Little Rascals --come to be known as a brutal fighter. Her search for answers takes her from nineteenth-century New York City dogfighting pits--the cruelty of which helped spark the founding of the ASPCA--to early twentieth-century movie sets where pit bulls cavorted with Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton; from the battlefields of Gettysburg and the Marne, where pit bulls earned presidential medals, to desolate urban neighborhoods where the dogs were brutalized. Whether through love or fear, hatred or devotion, humans are bound to the history of the pit bull. With unfailing thoughtfulness, compassion, and a firm grasp of scientific fact, Dickey offers us a clear-eyed portrait of this extraordinary breed, and an insightful view of Americans' relationship with their dogs.

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Publisher
Random House USA Inc
ISBN-13
9780307961761
eBay Product ID (ePID)
221861000

Product Key Features

Book Title
Pit Bull: the Battle over an American Icon
Author
Bronwen Dickey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Dogs
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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241mm
Item Width
173mm
Item Weight
703g

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Title_Author
Bronwen Dickey
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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by alexincal01 Sep, 2016
Fascinating, every page!
There is so much more to this book than what I thought there was. I was surprised at all the things I learned from it. I haven't been into reading for over 10 years but I couldn't put this book down and never wanted it to end. It flowed from one subject to another and covered so many things I never even thought about that makes me love this breed even more. I have my second Pit Bull and have been very interested in all things about them and while reading this book I started realizing just how much I didn't know. If you like Pit Bulls, and especially if you don't, you need to read this book. It's fascinating, and you'll wish it would never end.
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by cherie114623 Aug, 2018
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