DSI: Dog Scene Investigation: Life Among the Dog People of Paddington Rec, Vol. III - Softcover

Linich, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456780697 ISBN 13: 9781456780692

Publisher: AuthorHouse Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

DSI: Dog Scene Investigation is the third volume in Anthony Linick's continuing chronicle of life among the dog people of Paddington Rec. It follows publication of Strictly Come Barking and Have I Got Dogs For You! An addictive narrative, the series has earned a reputation for its veracity, its thoroughness - and its obvious celebration of all things canine. Some comments: "A very warm and charming book, a sort of Boswellian chronicle of the Paddington Rec. - and, like Boswell, it could be an incredible source of information for future social historians" - editor David Maisel "It moves very quickly. Anthony Linick has found the voice to relate this living pageant, human and canine - which he treats here as equivalent. Maybe this is his special discovery: men as dogs, dogs as men" - poet Paul Raboff "Strictly Come Barking is what I call pointilist writing - in which one uses points of chronology to paint an impressionistic picture of a phenomenon. Clearly, here it works" - Dr. Adrian Tschoegl, The Wharton School "Unlike so many other dog books, Strictly Come Barking has none of the falsification and exaggeration that other authors use to advance their stories. Here we have, instead, an authentic voice, one that tells a real tale - one that all dog lovers will recognize and enjoy" Janet Lockwood, film commissioner, State of Michigan "The social history of Paddington Recreation Ground, Westminster, and the daily lives of residents is quite unique and will form a wonderful history of our times for future generations" "A truly wonderful piece of writing and what a superb social commentary on the times" - Jan Prendergast, Westminster City Council Anthony Linick is former Professor of Humanities at Michigan State University and head of the English Department at the American School in London. In addition to his Authorhouse publications in the Paddington Rec series, two other books have been published by Authorhouse

About this title

About the Author:

Anthony Linick was born in Los Angeles in 1938 and educated in the city's schools, including Alexander Hamilton High School. In 1955 he entered the University of California at Los Angeles where, majoring in history, he completed his BA in 1959 and his PhD. five years later. While still an undergraduate he began work on the little magazine Nomad (1959-1962) - which he co-edited with Donald Factor. This background also contributed to his choice of doctoral dissertation topic, A History of the American Literary Avant-Garde Since World War II. In 1964 he and Dorothy were married in Los Angeles and the following year they moved to East Lansing, Michigan, where Anthony took up a post as Professor of Humanities at Michigan State University. He taught a variety of courses in Western Civilization, literature and contemporary culture here, and published a number of articles on popular culture topics, American and British. Indeed, the Linicks began to spend more and more time in England, including a sabbatical year begun in 1979; in 1981 they moved to London. Here Anthony began a twenty-year teaching career at the American School in London, in St. John's Wood, offering many courses, first in the high school social studies department and then in the English department - where he served as department head from 1994 to 2002, the year he retired. Dorothy also worked at the American School as a special projects coordinator; she had also held the post of director of student services at the American College in London. She died in July, 2007. Since his retirement Anthony has been at work on a number of writing projects, including two earlier volumes in the dog people of Paddington Rec cycle, Strictly Come Barking and Have I Got Dogs For You! - as well as The Lives of Ingolf Dahl, a biography of his stepfather, and A Walker's Alphabet, Adventures on the long-distance footpaths of Great Britain.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1456780697
• ISBN 13: 9781456780692
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 348