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The speckled beauty : a dog and his people / Rick Bragg.

Bragg, Rick, (author.).

Summary:
"A memoir and elegy to the author's deceased dog, The Speckled Beauty"-- Provided by publisher.
"Speck is not a good boy. He is a terrible boy, a defiant self-destructive, often malodorous boy, a grave robber and a screen-door muncher who spends his days playing chicken with the FedEx man, picking up livestock, and rolling in donkey manure, and his nights howling at the moon. He has been that way since the moment he appeared on the ridgeline behind Rick Bragg's house. Speck arrived in Rick's life at a moment of looming uncertainty, as he stared down a litany of physical ailments straight from the Old Testament, and a creeping sadness from deaths in his great family. Speck helped, and he is helping, still, when he is not peeing on the rose of Sharon. Written with Rick Bragg's inimitable blend of tenderness and sorrow, humor and grit, The Speckled Beauty captures the extraordinary sustaining devotion between two damaged creatures who need each other to heal." -- From book jacket

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525658818
  • ISBN: 0525658815
  • Physical Description: x, 238 pages ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book" -- Title page verso.
Subject: Bragg, Rick.
Dog owners > Biography.
Dogs > Biography.
Human-animal relationships.
Pet loss.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 32 of 32 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 32 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library 636.7 BRAGG (Text) 50686016091352 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 636.70092 BRA (Text) 33240004953108 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library B Bra (Text)
Memorial: In Memoriam of Shirley Gaines by Amy & Craig Keen, Ashley & Justin Price, Amanda & Jordan Nyman and Lori Risley
00159821 New Adult Available -
Bedford County Library B BRAGG (Text) 35010001088325 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Cambria County Library 636.7 B813s (Text) 85131001796094 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library 636.7 BRA (Text) 30183000965804 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 636.7 BRAGG (Text) 50689010447703 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Dalton Community Library 636.70092 BRAGG (Text) 50689090005777 Browsing Available -
Dover Area Community Library Adults 636.7 BRA Nonfiction (Text) 34217000880344 Adult Area Available -
Emmaus Public Library 636.7 BRAG (Text) 36446002047838 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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