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Wild Voice of the North
by Carrighar, Sally
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Sturdy with clean text pages, foxing to end papers. Top page block dust soil. Surface soil s
- Seller
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Newport, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Garden City NY.: Doubleday & Company., 1959. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Sturdy with clean text pages, foxing to end papers. Top page block dust soil. Surface soil spot to lower.. 1 Gray cloth over boards. Blue spine titles. 191 p. 22 cm. B&W photo plate section. This true account is of Bobo, part wolf, part dog. His leadership, animal magnetism, and intuitions about human beings made him "boss dog" of Nome, Alaska. Nature specialist Sally Carrigher spent 20 years in Alaska, and came to know the country, the people, the dogs. In later years, she moved to New Hampshire. She authored many books and magazine articles, notably appearing in The Saturday Evening Post.
Synopsis
The true story of Bobo, part wolf and part dog, who, in his dark, wild way, seemed more civilized than any man. He was born with the strength, the leader instinct, and the rare animal magnetism that made him the indisputable lead, the boss dog, of Nome, Alaska. So compelling was his animal intensity. so startling his acuteness, and so spectacular and uncanny his intuitions about the human beings around him, that he became the subject of a Saturday Evening Post article by Miss Carrighar which made him the most renowned husky in Alaska. Described here are Bobo’s insecure early years; his rise, to the top position among all the Eskimo dogs in Nome; his near-fatal clash with eighteen other huskies;: his long struggle and climactic fight with Spider, the most pressing rival, and his declining years, when even enfeebling age could not rob him of his dignity and sense of authority. Miss Carrighar’s book has a deeply heroic quality that moves the reader and makes him sense that she is talking of something,. almost somebody, of a rare and memorable magnitude.
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- Bookseller
- Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Alibris.N0370008450
- Title
- Wild Voice of the North
- Author
- Carrighar, Sally
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Sturdy with clean text pages, foxing to end papers. Top page block dust soil. Surface soil s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City NY.
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Nome, Alaska|Author: Alaska, New Hampshire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physical Sciences & Natural History;
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About the Seller
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
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About Hedgehog's Whimsey Books
Hedgehog's Whimsey Books was born in a random moment when I decided to become a used books seller. Beginning in 2001, I apprenticed myself with a longtime pro in the next town, hoping to learn her secrets. She encouraged my free help but was wary of sharing all those secrets. Nonetheless, she turned me loose when she felt I would not embarrass her; she was impressed, finding I actually knew something about books and authors and styles. I am still learning, and I am having a good time with the random avalanches of books to be recycled into good homes, one by one. Inventory has mounted: my mother downsized her 7,000-plus library, and we (my Geezer and I) went to library book sales, yard emporiums on weekends, estate dispersals, and added the books my kids left behind, wanting to stock their own shelves anew. Some folks simply tooled down our dirt road and left boxes on our porch. Myself? Well, I am also a photographer, journalist, curious stuff collector, avid reader, writer, editor, small-time publisher, and online pontificator. At Hedgehog Enterprises, I do "Words & Pictures by & for Folks with Prickly Backs, Soft Bellies, & Small Brains", established in 1991. Since I have the smallest brain (by unpopular vote), I am the Head Hedgehog. Do I specialize in particular genres? I thought I did, but my barn has lots of Geezer-built shelves, and we have many interests, so topics vary, as do book conditions and editions. I try to describe such, and sometimes have too much fun as I poke along. There is no charge for the therapy of browsing, folks, so find my sites and stay awhile. If a purchase results, know that the tax collector in Newport, New Hampshire, may get a pleasant surprise. Or, I may buy a few more apple cider donuts or sweet potatoes. No pressure. Hedgehogs do have yearnings. If you should visit by chance or by appointment, enjoy our old New Hampshire farmhouse location alongside the Sugar River and its companion recreation Rail Trail, nearby two historic railroad covered bridges just off Chandlers Mill Road. Feel welcome. -- Lucy G Wells, proprietor.
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