Other editions of book Bruce: A Collie Story of Bravery and Great Adventure

Albert Payson Terhune's story of Bruce, the collie, who starts out life as an ugly, ungainly type and grows up not only beautiful, but incredibly smart. Bruce protects The Mistress from evildoers and becomes a decorated war hero (WWI) before returning to The Home Place for a leisurely retirement amid the lovely trees and lakes. Bruce's story is told from the dog's perspective as well as the Master’s. We join in the adventures as well as share in a few sorrows. One of Terhune’s best that will bring a smile as well as a tear. Table of Contents: Chapter 1 - The Coming of Bruce Chapter 2 - The Pest Chapter 3 - The War Dog Chapter 4 - When Eyes Were No Use Chapter 5 - The Double Cross Chapter 6 - The Werewolf Albert Payson Terhune (1872 – 1942) was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of two writers, his Father also a prominent minister. Terhune had great success in two endeavors, writing and dog breeding.

As a respected dog breeder whose famed collie line is still winning awards today, Albert Payson Terhune knew the value of a perfect canine specimen whose attributes were sure to win plaudits at the top shows. But as a tender hearted dog lover, Terhune recognized that all pups -- not just the pretty ones -- offer something of value to their owners. This fantastically action-packed novel centers on Bruce, a collie that wasn't blue-ribbon material, but whose loyalty and bravery mattered more. Bruce charts the story of an unwanted puppy who becomes loved by the mistress of the family. He then becomes enlisted as a carrier dog in World War 1, completing heroic tasks and coming home a war hero. Chapters: The Coming of Bruce The Pest The War Dog When Eyes Were No Use The Double Cross The Werewolf

Three full length novels collected in one edition formatted for the Kindle. Linked Contents.About the AuthorALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE [1872-1942] was born in New Jersey. His father was a church minister and his mother wrote fiction and nonfiction books using the pen name Marion Harland. In 1893, he graduated from Columbia University. From 1894-1914, he was a journalist at the Evening World. From 1912, he lived at the family estate, Sunnybank, in Wayne, New Jersey. From 1896, he published in book form stories that he originally published in magazines like Redbook, Greenbook, AKC Gazette, and Ladies Home Journal. At Sunnybank, he bred collies. His first book inspired by his dogs was Lad: A Dog (1919), which was made into a film in 1962. His books were very well received. He wrote approxomately three-dozen books, novels and collected stories, about dogs. Today, his former home and breeding kennels are maintained as Terhune-Sunnybank Park.

Originally published in 1920, this book tells the story of a lovable collie named Bruce and his adventures. The tale follows Bruce from his life as a puppy through his training as a courier dog and onto his service as a heroic war dog during the First World War.Albert Payson Terhune was a master of the 'dog story' and produced many popular novels featuring collies. He was also a respected collie breeder himself. We are republishing this work with a brand new introductory biography of the author.

Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 - February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. The public knows him best for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies. He was educated at Columbia University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. From 1894-1914, he worked as a reporter for the Evening World.

Albert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 - February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. The public knows him best for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies. He was educated at Columbia University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. From 1894-1914, he worked as a reporter for the Evening World.

She was beautiful. And she had a heart and a soul—which were a curse. For without such a heart and soul, she might have found the tough life-battle less bitterly hard to fight. But the world does queer things—damnable things—to hearts that are so tenderly all-loving and to souls that are so trustfully and forgivingly friendly as hers. Her "pedigree name" was Rothsay Lass. She was a collie—daintily fragile of build, sensitive of nostril, furrily tawny of coat. Her ancestry was as flawless as any in Burke's Peerage. If God had sent her into the world with a pair of tulip ears and with a shade less width of brain-space she might have been cherished and coddled as a potential bench-show winner, and in time might even have won immortality by the title of "CHAMPION Rothsay Lass." But her ears pricked rebelliously upward, like those of her earliest ancestors, the wolves. Nor could manipulation lure their stiff cartilages into drooping as bench-show fashion demands. The average show-collie's ears have a tendency to prick. By weights and plasters, and often by torture, this tendency is overcome. But never when the cartilage is as unyielding as was Lass's. Her graceful head harked back in shape to the days when collies had to do much independent thinking, as sheep-guards, and when they needed more brainroom than is afforded by the borzoi skull sought after by modern bench-show experts.- Taken from "Bruce" written by Albert Payson Terhune