Books with title Finn the Wolfhound

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Originally published in 1908. The classic and evocative tale of an Irish Wolfhound. The beautifully illustrated contents tell of his life and adventures from puppy days in Yorkshire through to thrilling exploits in the bush of early Australia. Many of the earliest dog books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Finn The Wolfhound<author> Alec John Dawson<publisher> G. Richards, 1908<subjects> Dogs

Finn The Wolfhound is a book inspired by the author's own dog named Tynagh and his dog's son Gareth, who were his biggest and finest pets of his breed, both dogs were the models for Tara and Finn, the animal characters in the story. Finn is a champion Irish Wolfhound and is taken from England to Australia where he does loads of extreme adventures, as a wild and ferocious animal in a circus and eventually frees himself out and finally goes back to his old master where he saved his life. Alec John Dawson or simply known as A. J. Dawson bearing the pen names, Major Dawson, Howard Kerr, and Nicholas Freydon. He was an English writer, traveler and novelist. He was ranked as Major during the First World War and was given recognition of MBE and Croix de Guerre for his work as a military propagandist. Dawson had written more than thirty books, the best memorable book until today is the animal adventure tale, Finn the Wolfhound in 1908. Alec John Dawson was born in Wandsworth, England, to Edward Dawson and Sara Dawson. He did not continue his studies instead he became an apprentice in the Merchant Navy, but got tired of it and jumped ship in Australia after many voyages. For a few years he worked in a farm and later he became one of the staffs of a Melbourne newspaper. After five years, he started to become a writer, and he traveled many times around Australasia, India, Ceylon, Mauritius, South America, West Africa, Morocco and Europe. His first work, Leeway, was written in 1896 under his pseudonym, Howard Kerr. He was also greatly remarkable for his publications such as God's Foundling; Mere Sentiment; Middle Greyness; In the Bight of Benin; Bismillah; Daniel Whyte, An Unfinished Biography; The Story of Ronald Kestrel; African Nights Entertainments; and other wonderful and pleasing short stories and novels.