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If you've ever loved a dog, a cat, an old barn, or a place in the country, you will love CLOSE FRIENDS. Meet UFO, the shy Brahman bull who mates only at night; and Tigger, the smartest farm cat ever. Meet Cooper, Peter Jenkin's forever friend, a half Alaskan Malamute dog; and Shocker, the black stallion Peter took to Inner Mongolia. You will also meet the remarkable people who live among animals and who love them as he does. Of all the books Peter Jenkins has written, none is more heartfelt or moving than CLOSE FRIENDS.
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Growing up in aunnec.?/absolutely unnec.gs housing project where pets were not allowed may explain the author's love of animals. Jenkins ( A Walk Across America ), now settled on a Tennessee cattle and horse farm, here offers engaging tales about pets and critters. He recalls that as a youth, he smuggled a sparrow hawk into his bedroom where he trained it; he sent out birth announcements for his first dog, Cooper. Later on, Jenkins goes to Alaska to select a pair of malamuteper web. 3rd. puppies (Grr and Lacy); he hauls cattle from Texas, learns to cope with calving and to ride a Tennessee walkingcap W in text?/hard to know; made it lc.gs horse. Capping his adventures with animals is the delivery of two stallions to Inner Mongolia. Jenkins's many fans will be sorry to learn from this memoir that his marriage failed, but will enjoy his account of farm life.
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1989
- ISBN 10 068808527X
- ISBN 13 9780688085278
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages319
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