The Dog: Man's Best Friend. A Book For All Dog Lovers

By Captain A. Trapman and A.H. Trapman

Book Overview

A whole-animal book from 1929: origins, history, classification - and a serious attempt at canine psychology, decades before anyone called it that.

Captain A. H. Trapman set out, in his own words, to present a synopsis of all that had been believed, thought and written about man's best friend through the ages, and to deduce from it some knowledge of canine psychology and mental processes. The Dog: Man's Best Friend, published by Hutchinson in 1929, ranges from Pliny to medieval valuations, from the sight hounds to the working breeds, taking in classification, history and behaviour along the way.

It is a period attempt at something we would now hand to an ethologist, written with confidence, curiosity and a good deal of charm - and it stands alongside Ash and Hutchinson among the standard general works of the interwar years.

This edition features:

A wide-ranging survey of origins, history, classification and behaviour, published in 1929An early attempt at canine psychology, written before ethology existed as a disciplineMaterial ranging from Pliny and the medieval valuations to the breeds of the author's dayOne of the standard general works of the interwar period

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1443738557
• ISBN13: 9781443738552
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Vintage Dog Books
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"