Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities

by Jan Bondeson

This is a very engaging book about “history’s most amazing dogs.” Bondeson covers some of the most extraordinary dogs: from Lassie and Rin Tin Tin (celebrity stars), to talking dogs, turnspit dogs, dogs collecting for charity on their own, rat pit killer dogs, and even dog ghosts. The book has many illustrations and is a great read to find where, how, and why the dog has become “more closely associated with the human race than any other domestic animal.”

Reviewed by Nancy Allen