Greyfriars Bobby (Puffin Classics)

Greyfriars Bobby (Puffin Classics)

by EleanorAtkinson (Author)

Synopsis

This is the famous true story of a devoted dog. Bobby, an active Skye Terrier, adores his master Auld Jock, and when the old man dies, Bobby refuses to leave his grave in Greyfriar's Churchyard in Edinburgh. By day, he plays with the local orphans and eats at a nearby tavern, but, in spite of anything even the Lord Provost himself can do, every night for fourteen years Bobby returns faithfully to sleep by his master.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: Reissue
Publisher: Puffin Classics
Published: 26 May 1994

ISBN 10: 014036742X
ISBN 13: 9780140367423
Children’s book age: 5-7 Years

Author Bio
Eleanor Atkinson was born in Indianapolis in 1863. Her most famous book is Greyfriar's Bobby, published in 1912. Prior to her marriage to Francis Blake Atkinson in 1891 she worked as a reproter for the Chicago Tribune, under the penname of Nora Marks, championing women's issues of the time. She died on Long Island, USA, in 1942.