Best Dog Stories
Booth Tarkington
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A collection of adult stories - sad, humorous, and adventurous - about Man's Best Friend. NOTE: Some of these selections contain violence and racial stereotypes that will be objectionable to some listeners. - Summary by TriciaG (6 hr 53 min)
Chapters
To Hub--Just a Dog, by Warren G. Harding | 2:26 | Read by mleigh |
A Tribute to the Dog, by George Graham Vest | 4:24 | Read by mleigh |
The Anarchist--His Dog, by Susan Glaspell | 34:23 | Read by Deanna Heise |
One Smart Pup, by Frank R. Pierce | 29:33 | Read by April6090 |
Ordered On, by John T. Foote | 31:14 | Read by Audrey Sing |
Drafted, by Vesta Tharp | 20:32 | Read by Michael Cocciolillo |
Brown Wolf, by Jack London | 15:38 | Read by Amber Rose |
The Pursuit, by Samuel A. Derieux | 34:33 | Read by Audrey Sing |
Bill, by Roy Norton | 25:28 | Read by Audrey Sing |
When the Prince Came Home, by George T. Marsh | 45:52 | Read by Audrey Sing |
The Last Adventure, by Albert P. Terhune | 37:09 | Read by Audrey Sing |
Gammire, by Booth Tarkington | 51:11 | Read by TriciaG |
The Lost Dog, by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman | 11:46 | Read by T.Honcharyk |
Smoke, by John A. Moroso | 20:41 | Read by Audrey Sing |
Chums, by Edwin L. Sabin | 24:18 | Read by ambsweet13 |
A Little Ghost in the Garden, by Richard Le Gallienne | 24:05 | Read by Audrey Sing |
Reviews
helewin
Booth Tarkington's story of the black poodle would be wonderful were it not within a glaring unfortunate example of presenting black servants in stereotype and dialect. While not an unusual gratuitous practice (ie not necessary to the story) throughout American literature to select this excerpt from the book Gentle Julia is a sad exposure of Tarkington's blithe insensitivity . He obviously loved and owned black poodles, but, his means of celebrating them is painful. The reader made some attempt to minimize the extreme black dialect. No matter when the anthology was compiled this story should be left out. We can't edit out such prejudice from past writers work but we needn't celebrate it.