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 enlarge | Author: J.r. Ackerley
Creator: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 177061
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0940322110
Dewey Decimal Number: 828.91209
EAN: 9780940322110
ASIN: 0940322110
Publication Date: September 30, 1999
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 Great Read for Literate Dog-Lovers April 26, 2000
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Ackerly is a Brit through and through, and what I loved most about this book was the contrast between his ever-so-proper British prose and it concomitant stiff-upper-lip attitude and the explicit biological facts of living with (and breeding) an animal. Loved it!
Beautiful Series, But What Happened? April 14, 2000
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
After reading a review in Out Magazine of "We Think the World of You" and seeing the beautiful book cover, we obtained the new NYRB World of You" and "My Father and Myself." Congratulations to the publisher for bringing these books back into the main stream. We had begun to collect all of these beautifully produced and designed books in the series. We made gifts of "My Dog Tulip" and now I find my replacement copy has been completely changed! It no longer matches the lovely numbered set. What can NYRB be thinking? As a gay man and dog lover, I must say I have found reading these Ackerley treasures a delight. I must say I was more enchanted with "My Dog Tulip" when the cover image left something to my imagination--it spoke to the nature of the relationship of the author and Tulip. Now I see an elderly man--it has changed the character in my mind. Even though I know from "My Father and Myself" that he (the author) was handsome once. Why on earth have these books been re-done and cheapened--ruining their collectibility, when they were perfectly done-- just last year? I feel cheated! Bring back the art and the beautiful paper! Will the book be rewritten next?
Not my breed...but August 26, 1999
39 out of 46 found this review helpful
If you love or ever have loved a dog of any breed, you'll take something away from reading this book. Recommended to me, I didn't think this was my breed of book, but it turned out to be. It's that kind of book, which is why I'm now ordering a copy as a gift for a friend who I think will like it, but would probably never find it. I'd recommend both reading it since you've found it (you are reading this review, right?) and if you also give a copy away and it's not your friend's breed of book...at least it also happens to look good.
 I laughed--I cried August 21, 1999
50 out of 53 found this review helpful
So much more than a book about a man and his dog--I laughed, I cried. I laughed more than I cried as the author's way with words grew on me. Several months ago I heard about this book and author for the first time. The book was out of print and I could not find a copy online. I stumbled upon this new edition while browsing online and am so glad that I "waited" for this new version. The book is very attractive and unusual and I enjoyed the introduction which is new too. I'm now reading another book in this same new collection about the author's life--My Father and Myself--it puts My Dog Tulip into a new perspective and I may have to re-read it and if I do, I think I might cry more than I laugh this time around. Although when I looked again at the cover I had a private laugh. I'd recommend this book to almost anyone of any age. Parental guidance perhaps for My Father and Myself.
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