The story of an Eskimo dog / by Marshall Saunders ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Saunders, Marshall, 1861-1947, author.

Contributor:

Hodder and Stoughton, publisher.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Juvenile fiction.

Dogs.

Genre:

Fiction.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Little Sisters of the Assumption (London, England) (bookplate) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Hunt, S. (label) (Schimmel Collection copy)

Physical Description:

63, [1] pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Alpatok, the story of an Eskimo dog.

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hodder and Stoughton, MCMVI [1906]

Summary:

An abandoned and starving dog is rescued by a big-hearted, but penniless boy and his widowed stepmother, who share their own meager meals with the dog in order to nurse it back to health.

Notes:

Also published in Boston under title: Alpatok, the story of an Eskimo dog.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

Schimmel Collection copy has bookplate ("LITTLE SISTERS OF THE ASSUMPTION 133, LANCASTER ROAD, W.11. LENDING LIBRARY ...") on front pastedown; bookseller's label ("S. HUNT BOOKSELLER & STATIONER 32, MONSON ROAD TUNBRIDGE WELLS") on back pastedown.

OCLC:

15718681