Arctic Dogs - A Complete Anthology of the Breeds -

The dogs of the far north - sled dogs, Samoyeds, the Esquimaux dog - described in the age of Nansen, Scott and Shackleton.

Arctic Dogs - A Complete Anthology of the Breeds gathers chapters from the rare kennel literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, among them J. Sidney Turner's The Kennel Encyclopaedia (1908), Arthur Craven's Dogs of the World (1931) and Walter Hutchinson's Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopaedia (1935). They were written when polar exploration had made the northern breeds famous, and when the show ring was seeing them for the first time.

Points, coats, temperament, working ability in harness and the pedigrees of the celebrated dogs are all set out, with the original photographs reproduced throughout.

This edition features:

• The northern breeds - the Esquimaux dog, the Samoyed, the sled dog and others
• Chapters from the kennel literature of 1908 to 1935, by the authorities of their day
• Points, coat, temperament and work in harness, with the pedigrees of celebrated dogs
• The original photographs of the leading dogs of the era, reproduced throughout