{"product_id":"the-dog-department-james-thurber-on-hounds-scotties-and-talking-poodles","title":"The Dog Department: James Thurber on Hounds  Scotties  and Talking Poodles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"On the lawns and porches  and in the living rooms and backyards of my threescore years  there have been more dogs  written and drawn  real and imaginary  than I had guessed before I started this roundup.\" Here is James Thurber  arguably the greatest humorist of the twentieth century  on all things canine. In The Dog Department  Michael J. Rosen  a literary dogcatcher of sorts  has gathered together Thurbers best in show. Here we have the stylish prose and drawings from Thurbers Dogs (which connected the words \"Thurber\" and \"Dog\" as inseparably as \"Bartlett\" and \"Quotation \" as \"Emily Post\" and \"Etiquette\")  along with unpublished material from the Thurber archives  a great sheaf of uncollected cartoons  and two dozen \"Talk of the Town\" miniatures from The New Yorker  the consummate dog book from an artist of extraordinary pedigree. What other author can claim to have penned his own personal breed? The Thurber hound is a creature as unmistakable as Disneys mouse or Playboys bunny. In The Dog Department youll find standard poodles  Scottish terriers  an Airedale  a rough collie  an American Staffordshire terrier  all Thurber family members who inspired quintessential dog tales. For instance  theres Muggs  \"the dog that bit people \" an avocation that  each year  required Thurbers mother to send her famous chocolates to an ever-growing list of Muggss victims. Theres also a fair share about bloodhounds  German shepherd dogs  and pugs. But what youll find remarkable and comforting is that reading Thurber from fifty or even seventy-five years ago is akin to reading about dogs today  or about dogs from the previous century  as Thurber grew up reading  or about dogs  we hope  from this new century weve just entered. The Dog Department is proof that Thurbers work defines the canine canon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946548129845,"sku":"ByrdShop_0060196564","price":28.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780060196561.jpg?v=1769955822","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-dog-department-james-thurber-on-hounds-scotties-and-talking-poodles","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}