{"product_id":"the-heart-of-a-dog-albert-payson-terhune-9781647998714","title":"The Heart of a Dog","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbert Payson Terhune (December 21, 1872 - February 18, 1942) was an American author, dog breeder, and journalist. He was popular for his novels relating the adventures of his beloved collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines of which still exist in today's Rough Collies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Payson Terhune was born in New Jersey to Mary Virginia Hawes and the Reverend Edward Payson Terhune. His mother, Mary Virginia Hawes, was a writer of household management books and pre-Civil War novels under the name Marion Harland. Terhune had four sisters and one brother, though only two of his sisters lived to be adults: Christine Terhune Herrick (1859-1944); and Virginia Terhune Van De Water (1865-1945).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSunnybank (41.0012 N 74.2755 W) was originally the family's summer home, with Terhune making it his permanent residence in 1912. He was educated at Columbia University where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. From 1894 to 1916, he worked as a reporter for The Evening World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe boxed exhibition matches with James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons and James J. Jeffries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis Sunnybank Kennels where he bred and raised rough collies were \"the most famed collie kennels in the U.S.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbert Payson Terhune first published short stories about his collie Lad, titled Lad Stories, in various general-interest magazines, including Red Book, Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Hartford Courant, and the Atlantic Monthly. The first of his novels about his dogs, Lad: A Dog, collected a dozen stories of his collie Lad in novel form. Lad was followed by over 30 additional dog-focused novels, including two additional books about Lad. Published in 1919, the novel was a best seller in both the adult and young adult markets and has been reprinted over 80 times. It was adapted into a feature film in 1962. A man of his time, Terhune is now often criticized for his starkly racist depictions of the minorities, hill people and so-called \"half-breeds\" that peopled parts of northern New Jersey less idealized than Sunnybank. (Wikipedia)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert Payson Terhune\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1647998719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781647998714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bibliotech Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Albert Payson Terhune","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43943393100031,"sku":"9781647998714","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6361fae4-4a50-4839-8680-af01a2734ad6.jpg?v=1681497866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-heart-of-a-dog-albert-payson-terhune-9781647998714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}