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Title A matter of breeding : a biting history of pedigree dogs and how the quest for status has harmed man's best friend / Michael Brandow.
Author Brandow, Michael, 1959- author.
Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2015]
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  636.7 BRA    Check Shelves
Description xii, 275 pages ; 22 cm
text rdacontent
unmediated rdamedia
volume rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The English vice -- Perfectionists gone wild -- Royal precedents and ruff drafts -- Eugenics, you, and Fido too -- A frickin' menagerie -- The Midas touch -- Aristocracy for sale -- Some hunting dogs -- Coming home -- Frankenstein's lab.
Subject Dogs -- Breeding.
Dogs -- Pedigrees.
ISBN 9780807033432 (pbk. : alk. paper) : $18.00
080703343X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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