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Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir, also titled Bob, Son of Battle for US editions, is a children's book by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898 and became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, though most of the dialogue in the book was written in the Cumbrian dialect.
- Alfred Ollivant
- 1898
Feb 17, 1998 · Owd Bob: Directed by Rodney Gibbons. With James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, Jemima Rooper, John Benfield. A teen orphan spends the summer on Isle of Man with estranged grandpa.
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- Family, Drama
- Rodney Gibbons
- 1998-02-17
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Dec 1, 2015 · Lying on his back, he wrote Owd Bob. At the beginning of the story, Adam McAdam, a diminutive Scottish sheep farmer exiled among Dalesmen, self-appointed pariah and eloquent quoter of his beloved Burns at every opportunity, is an embittered man who detests his neighbours, particularly the good James Moore and his family.
Alfred Ollivant wrote the book "Owd Bob, Son of Battle," an excellent dog story. This movie is the third or fourth retelling of it. They've basically butchered the book.
A teen orphan spends the summer on Isle of Man with estranged grandpa. Despite loving dogs, they want summer to end. Boy befriends neighbor girl, but her father has history with grandpa. Locals suspect neighbor's dog kills sheep at night. Recently orphaned in America, teenager David Roberts must spend the summer with grumpy maternal grandfather ...
Aug 8, 2015 · Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel centers on a suspected sheepkilling collie Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it gained a popular following in the United States. Ollivant even published a sequel, Danny, in 1902.
Owd Bob is a 1938 British drama film directed by Robert Stevenson. It stars Will Fyffe and John Loder. The film was released as To the Victor in the United States. It was based on the 1898 novel Owd Bob, previously filmed in 1924.
