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Dog Stories

  • 464 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1986
  • 15 editions

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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: a true life story, humor, and a long read.

  • Dogs
  • Biography
  • Human-animal relationships
  • Humor
  • Great britain, biography
  • Anecdotes
  • Veterinarians
  • Personal narratives

2 About James Herriot

1916–1995

James Alfred Wight (3 October 1916 – 23 February 1995), better known by his pen name James Herriot, was a British veterinary surgeon and author. Born in Sunderland, Wight graduated from Glasgow Veterinary College in 1939, returning to England to become a veterinary surgeon in Yorkshire, where he practised for almost 50 years.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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