Bob, son of Battle /

Bob, son of Battle / by Alfred Ollivant.

Two sheep farmers and their sheepdogs engage in a years-long battle to prove their superiority in handling sheep with the son of one caught between. Bob is the last of the famous shepherd line of Gray Dogs of Kenmuir. His alcoholic master, Adam M'Adam, doesn't believe the dog is as good as...

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Main Author: Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-1927.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Doubleday & McClure Company, 1898.
Subjects:
Youth > Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Dogs > Juvenile fiction.
Human-animal relationships > Juvenile fiction.
Trust > Juvenile fiction.
Shepherds > Juvenile fiction.
Sheep > Juvenile fiction.
Death > Juvenile fiction.
Wolves > Juvenile fiction.
Children of alcoholics > Juvenile fiction.
Cruelty > Juvenile fiction.
Contests > Juvenile fiction.
Motherless families > Juvenile fiction.
Courtship > Juvenile fiction.
Dogs > Fiction.
Dogs > Legends and stories.
Youth.
Cumbria (England) > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Two sheep farmers and their sheepdogs engage in a years-long battle to prove their superiority in handling sheep with the son of one caught between. Bob is the last of the famous shepherd line of Gray Dogs of Kenmuir. His alcoholic master, Adam M'Adam, doesn't believe the dog is as good as his forebears, until Bob gives his life to save the flock from a ravenous wolf of the Scottish highlands.
Physical Description:vi, 356 pages ; 19 cm

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