Pit bull : the battle over an American icon
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Walworth-Seely Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
636.755 Dickey
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636.755 Dickey
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Williamson Public Library - Adult Nonfiction
636.755 DIC
1 available
636.755 DIC
1 available
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Walworth-Seely Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 636.755 Dickey | Available |
Williamson Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 636.755 DIC | Available |
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xvi, 330 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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Includes an index and bibliographical references.
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When Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate, timid pit bull. Which made her wonder: how had the breed--beloved by Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, TV's "Little Rascals"--come to be known as a brutal fighter. Her search for answers takes her from nineteenth-century New York City dogfighting pits--the cruelty of which helped spark the founding of the ASPCA--to early twentieth-century movie sets where pit bulls cavorted with Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton; from the battlefields of Gettysburg and the Marne, where pit bulls earned presidential medals, to desolate urban neighborhoods where the dogs were brutalized. Whether through love or fear, hatred or devotion, humans are bound to the history of the pit bull. With unfailing thoughtfulness, compassion, and a firm grasp of scientific fact, Dickey offers us a clear-eyed portrait of this extraordinary breed, and an insightful view of Americans' relationship with their dogs. --Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Dickey, B. (2016). Pit bull: the battle over an American icon (First U.S. edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickey, Bronwen. 2016. Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Dickey, Bronwen. Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Dickey, Bronwen. Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon First U.S. edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
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