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Beautiful Joe is an 1893 novel by Margaret Marshall Saunders which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. The story is based on a dog of the same name from the town of Meaford, Ontario .
Based on true events, Beautiful Joe tells the story of a dog that is rescued from the hands of a cruel master who removes his ears and tail in a fit of anger. The Morris family comes to his aid and carefully nurses the dog back to health, giving him the name, Beautiful Joe.
Jan 1, 2012 · Marshall Saunders "Beautiful Joe" (1893) is a remarkable classic exploring issues of animal cruelty told from the point of view of one dog, Joe. This work was an instant success upon its release in Canada, becoming the first book to sell over a million copies in that country.
- Marshall Saunders
Dec 8, 2008 · The story of “Beautiful Joe” awakens an intense interest, and sustains it through a series of vivid incidents and episodes, each of which is a lesson. The story merits the widest circulation, and the universal reading and response accorded to “Black Beauty.”
May 16, 2012 · Beautiful Joe An Autobiography of a Dog Kindle Edition. by Marshall Saunders (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.4 643 ratings. See all formats and editions. This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web.
- Marshall Saunders
“Based on true events, Beautiful Joe tells the story of a dog that is rescued from the hands of a cruel master who removes his ears and tail in a fit of anger. The Morris family comes to his aid and carefully nurses the dog back to health, giving him the name, Beautiful Joe.
Sep 1, 2001 · Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography by Marshall Saunders. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Sep 21, 2017 · Beautiful Joe tells the true story of a dog from Meaford, Ontario that had his ears and tail chopped off by an abusive owner as a puppy, but is rescued by a Meaford family whose...
Mar 3, 2015 · Beautiful Joe. One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in North America, Margaret Marshall Saunders’s Beautiful Joe tells the story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane...
Margaret Marshall Saunders’s first-person – or ‘first-dog’ – narrative, Beautiful Joe: The Autobiography of a Dog (1893), was Canada’s first bestseller. A humanitarian campaigner, Saunders’s works represent cruelty and mistreatment to promote kindness towards all creatures.
