Marshall Saunders
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664582171
Table of Contents
CHAPTER III. MY KIND DELIVERER AND MISS LAURA
CHAPTER IV THE MORRIS BOYS ADD TO MY NAME
CHAPTER V MY NEW HOME AND A SELFISH LADY
CHAPTER VI THE FOX TERRIER BILLY
CHAPTER X BILLY'S TRAINING CONTINUED
CHAPTER XI GOLDFISH AND CANARIES
CHAPTER XIII THE BEGINNING OF AN ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XIV HOW WE CAUGHT THE BURGLAR
CHAPTER XV OUR JOURNEY TO RIVERDALE
CHAPTER XVII MR. WOOD AND HIS HORSES
CHAPTER XVIII MRS. WOOD'S POULTRY
CHAPTER XX STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXI MR. MAXWELL AND MR. HARRY
CHAPTER XXII WHAT HAPPENED AT THE TEA TABLE
CHAPTER XXIII TRAPPING WILD ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXIV THE RABBIT AND THE HEN
CHAPTER XXVII A NEGLECTED STABLE
CHAPTER XXVIII THE END OF THE ENGLISHMAN
CHAPTER XXIX A TALK ABOUT SHEEP
CHAPTER XXXI IN THE COW STABLE
CHAPTER XXXIII PERFORMING ANIMALS
CHAPTER XXXIV A FIRE IN FAIRPORT
CHAPTER XXXV BILLY AND THE ITALIAN
CHAPTER XXXVII THE END OF MY STORY
PREFACE
BEAUTIFUL JOE is a real dog, and “Beautiful Joe” is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story. He was rescued from him, and is now living in a happy home with pleasant surroundings, and enjoys a wide local celebrity.
The character of Laura is drawn from life, and to the smallest detail is truthfully depicted. The Morris family has its counterparts in real life, and nearly all of the incidents of the story are founded on fact.
THE AUTHOR.
INTRODUCTION
The wonderfully successful book, entitled “Black Beauty,” came like a living voice out of the animal kingdom. But it spake for the horse, and made other books necessary; it led the way. After the ready welcome that it received, and the good it has accomplished and is doing, it follows naturally that some one should be inspired to write a book to interpret the life of a dog to the humane feeling of the world. Such a story we have in “Beautiful Joe.”
The story speaks not for the dog alone, but for the whole animal kingdom. Through