Big Dogs of Tibet and the Himalayas: A Personal Journey - Softcover

Messerschmidt, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 974524130X ISBN 13: 9789745241305

Publisher: Orchid Press, 2011

Synopsis

Both personal account and assiduously researched history, this book is an important, at times provocative, study- a must read for all big dog owners and admirers.

About this title

About the Author:

This book won the prestigious 'MAXWELL MEDALLION FOR EXCELLENCE' from the Dog Writers Association of America, at an awards ceremony in New York City, on February 12, 2012.DON MESSERSCHMIDT, author and anthropologist, is a Himalayan specialist and an authority on Tibetan mastiffs from the Roof of the World. He has spent over four decades studying them in their natural setting and their places of origin (and has scars to show for it). Dr Messerschmidt has raised, trained, shown, bred and photographed Tibetan mastiffs. His own companion, the International Champion Saipal Baron of Emodus (aka 'Kalu'), is well known in the blood lines of many fine 'TMs' in North America and Europe. His writings about Tibetan dogs have appeared in Dog World, Rangelands and ECS Nepal magazines, and in The Himalayan Times and various dog club newsletters. His other writings have appeared in Alaska, Summit and Himal magazines. Don Messerschmidt is an accomplished magazine editor, ethnographer, biographer, and consultant on rural development projects. In this book, the author describes his life-long enchantment with the big dogs and his quest and discovery of them in old writings, as well as on the Tibetan plateau and in the high pastures of the Himalayan borderlands. He has travelled widely in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Pakistan and Tibet.

Review:

What readers are saying about this book:-- "Well written, impeccably researched."-- "The history-lovers' version of Marley and Me."-- "An enjoyable romp through the Himalayas."-- "Hard to put down. Fascinating. I can hear the mountain dogs barking as I read."-- "A must read!"

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About this edition

• Publisher: Orchid Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 974524130X
• ISBN 13: 9789745241305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 282