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Off the leash : a year at the dog park  Cover Image Book Book

Off the leash : a year at the dog park / Matthew Gilbert.

Summary:

This is "a group portrait of dog people, specifically the strange, wonderful, neurotic, and eccentric dog people who gather at Amory Park, overlooking Boston near Fenway Park. And it's about author Matthew Gilbert's transformation, after much fear and loathing of dogs and social groups, into one of those dog people with fur on their jackets, squeaky toys in their hands, and biscuits in their pockets"--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250014221 (hardcover) :
  • ISBN: 1250014220 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 227 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Fall. Backstories ; Sidewalk traffic ; The Purell Incident ; Pack of freaks -- Winter. Dookie ; Caravan Margo ; Lesson learned ; The Charlottes ; The Chewy Project ; Dogs are dummies ; The dog Nazis -- Spring. The R. Crumb cigar ; Cell phone lady ; Sparks ; We are Saul ; As the table turns ; Crushing -- Summer. Departures ; Haters ; Clash of innocents ; Families of choice ; Outro.
Subject: Dogs > Behavior > Anecdotes.
Dogs > Massachusetts > Boston > Anecdotes.
Parks for dogs > Anecdotes.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Valley Community Library 636.7089 GILBERT (Text) 50690010991369 Adult Nonfiction Available -


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