Автор:Marshall Saunders Год: 1894 Издание:Jarrold & Sons Страниц: 306 ISBN: [не указан] Лондон, 1894 год. Издательство Jarrold & Sons. Издательский переплет, хорошее состояние. На страницах присутствуют временные пятна, надписи карандашом. Уголки переплета потерты. Beautiful Joe was a dog from the town of Meaford, Ontario, whose story inspired the bestselling 1893 novel Beautiful Joe, which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. The real Beautiful Joe was an Airedale-type dog. He was medium-sized, brown, and described as likely being part bull terrier and part fox terrier. He was also described as a mongrel, a cur, and a mutt. He was originally owned by a local Meaford man, who cruelly abused the dog to the point of near death, and even cut off his ears and tail. Walter Moore, father of Louise Moore, rescued the dog in 1890, from what likely would have been a violent and painful death. In 1892, Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947), first learned about Beautiful Joe when she visited her brother and his wife, Louise Moore. Saunders was so...
