Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale

Dye, Dan; Beckloff, Mark

ISBN 10: 076111937X / ISBN 13: 9780761119371

Published by Workman Pub Co (edition First Edition First Printing), 2000

About this Item

With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Seller Inventory # 076111937X-11-1-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale
• Publisher: Workman Pub Co (edition First Edition First Printing)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076111937X
• ISBN 13: 9780761119371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cundiff, Meg
• Edition: First Edition First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

It was love at first sight. Amid the frenzied barking and prancing of a house full of Great Danes, one pup was shivering in the corner. Gracie. But when Dan Dye reached her, she struggled to her feet like a clumsy foal, raised her forehead to his, and announced, as clearly as if she had actually spoken the words, You know I'm the one. Now get me outta here!

By turns funny, moving, tender, and inspiring, Gracie's tale is a treat for every dog lover. There is Gracie's first morning, racing around Dan in the snowy yard. Gracie's first determination to prove to her step-sisters, Dottie the Dalmation and Sarah the Black Lab, that she's one of the girls. Gracie's defiant romance with a pint-size charmer named Byron, a Boston Terrier from the wrong side of the fence.

Then born of necessity, the eureka moment: When Gracie's delicate constitution starts turning into anorexia, Dan teaches himself how to cook, and in three days is baking her the cookies that will spur her appetite, launch Three Dog Bakery, and transform their lives forever.

Courage. Compassion. Kindness. Soul. Tenacity. And joy, above all, joy. These qualities Gracie possessed in abundance, and shared with everyone, human or canine, who had the good fortune to cross her path.

About the Author

Dan Dye and Mark Beckloff are the co-founders of Three Dog Bakery and co-authors of Short Tails and Treats from Three Dog Bakery and Three Dog Bakery Cookbook. They live with their dogs Claire, Dottie Mae, and Joe in Kansas City, Missouri.