Saluki - Brian Patrick Duggan

Saluki

The Desert Hound and the English Travelers Who Brought It to the West
Buch | Softcover
315 Seiten
2009
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-3407-7 (ISBN)
36,15 inkl. MwSt
One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with a number of nomadic desert tribes, who favored the dogs for their unparalleled ability to hunt desert gazelles. This book tells the true story of the characters who brought the Saluki to the West, the Honorable Florence Amherst.
One of the oldest known breeds of domesticated dogs, the Saluki traveled throughout the Middle East with desert tribes, who valued the dogs for their ability to hunt gazelles. Famously painted on the walls of the Pharaohs' tombs, the Salukis' history intrigued English dog enthusiasts who were instrumental in popularizing the breed and importing it to Europe and the United States in the early 20th century.

This book tells the story of those who brought the Saluki to the West, most notably Florence Amherst, who discovered the dogs while in Egypt and went on to breed 50 litters. Other world travelers who fell under the Salukis' spell included Lady Anne Blunt, Austen Layard and Gertrude Bell. Also covered are lesser-known Saluki aficionados, mainly military officers who hunted with their hounds in Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt and sought to replicate that experience at home.

Brian Patrick Duggan is a canine historian and author of several books and numerous articles about dogs in history. He is a retired university technology educator and an American Kennel Club judge.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Foreword by Paul L. Hedren

Preface

A Note to the Reader

Prologue

1: Judge Bacon’s Daughter

• Tail Piece: The ­Havelock-Hollywood-Custer Connection

2: That Custer Boy

• Tail Piece: A Cadet and His Dog

3: Armstrong Ascendant

• Tail Piece: P.T. Barnum’s Civil War Dog Show

4: My Husband’s Dogs

• Tail Pieces: The Sporting Ritual of Foxhunting in America

• Slave Tracking and Prison Guard Dogs

5: The Texas Pack

• Tail Pieces: Libbie Custer and Persian Greyhounds—Two Degrees of Separation

• Dogs as Property in the 19th Century

6: Kansas—Hunting Game and Chasing Indians

• Tail Pieces: Scotch Stag Hounds and Chinese Edible Dogs—Victorian Breed Terminology

• Army Dogs: Birth, Sutures and Death

7: Kansas and Indian Territory: Bloody Snow

• Tail Piece: Did Armstrong Kill His Own Dogs at Washita?

8: The Tourist Hunters

• Tail Piece: Plagiarizing Lord Byron

• Barnum and the Grand Hoboken Buffalo Hunt

 9: Blue Grass, Pvt. Burkman, and the Grand Duke Alexis

• Tail Piece: Russian Wolfhounds Emigrate to America

10: Paw Prints on the Yellowstone

• Tail Piece: Sir St. George Gore’s Greyhounds Populate the West

• Sighthounds vs. Antelope

11: Fort Lincoln and the Black Hills

• Tail Piece: California Joe and His Custer Hound

• Tailless Dogs

12: The Last Dog Deals and the March to Little Bighorn

• Tail Piece: Custer’s First Stand

13: Dog Rumors and the Last Stand Hoax

• Tail Piece: Rusty’s Improbable History

14: The Widow Custer’s Burden

Epilogue: Custer’s Last Hound

Appendix: General Custer’s Dogs in Art, Literature and Film

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 30.3.2009
Reihe/Serie Dogs in Our World
Zusatzinfo 56 photos, glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort Jefferson, NC
Sprache englisch
Maße 178 x 254 mm
Gewicht 558 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Tiere / Tierhaltung
ISBN-10 0-7864-3407-4 / 0786434074
ISBN-13 978-0-7864-3407-7 / 9780786434077
Zustand Neuware
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