The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000-Year Love Affair With Dogs

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews and McMeel, 1996. AF5 - A first edition (no additional printings) hardcover book SIGNED by author with "for the love of all dogs." written and dog drawn on the half-title apge in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has label on the front, wrinkling and crease on some edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 9.25"x6.25", 301 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Drawing on archival documents, artifacts, engravings, historical and contemporary photographs, anthropologist Mary Elizabeth Thurston traces the evolution of the human-dog relationship from its origins fifteen thousand years ago. Learn about the sacred dogs of Egypt, mummified by the thousands and the mysterious healing canines of ancient Rome, reputed to cure with a lick of the tongue. Discover why some American Indians ate the dogs they loved, how one stray Victorian puppy saved three million canine lives, and how ten thousand more soldiers' names might have been added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall had it not been for dogs.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.