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Post by emilys on Dec 3, 2008 11:04:52 GMT -5
That download price is a good deal, if you don't mind doing it that way. It's made from an original copy, so it's not a reprint like the ones you find on ebay etc. The quality of the text/photos is probably better.
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Post by bamapitbullmom on Dec 3, 2008 17:28:00 GMT -5
What's sad is that there are people out there with these books collecting dust and they don't even want them. As for Bandit...regardless of what he's identified as (and I see more pitty than Ambull) he's still a "pit bull" in the general public's eye. Smithsonian gave him a cover and a long article and for that I am grateful. It's a rare insight to the complete story and how easy it is for these dogs to be labelled with little regard to history or true temperament. And I am not a fan of Hearne's training methods and theories but I still appreciate the effort towards defending the breed.
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Post by RealPitBull on Dec 6, 2008 18:37:05 GMT -5
Has anyone read Jacqueline Fraser's The American Staffordsire Terrier? I liked this book much better than her Ultimate APBT. It has a good history section, too.
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Post by maryellen on Dec 6, 2008 20:53:00 GMT -5
i have that book mary, its a good book
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Post by bubsy on Dec 18, 2008 1:46:37 GMT -5
Just bought Pit Bulls for Dummies and Bully Breeds by David Harris...both were at Barnes and Noble :-)
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Post by RealPitBull on Dec 18, 2008 8:02:35 GMT -5
Just bought Pit Bulls for Dummies and Bully Breeds by David Harris...both were at Barnes and Noble :-) Funny, I was shopping on Amazon yesterday and could NOT resist purchasing Bully Breeds. I hope it's good! I also bought Memories of the Pit Bull Terrier & His Master.
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Post by emilys on Dec 18, 2008 11:09:51 GMT -5
Bully Breeds is pretty much just a "coffee table" book. I was disappointed in the text. But it has fabulous illustrations. The last chapter is a bunch of historic art reproductions and is really the best thing in the book (especially if you don't have the Secord dog art books, which are worth every single penny)
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Post by RealPitBull on Dec 18, 2008 11:16:12 GMT -5
Booooo! Oh well, I'm down with coffee table books LOL
As far as bull/fighting breeds books are concern, I like Mike Homan's A Complete History of Fighting Dogs the best.
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Post by emilys on Dec 18, 2008 13:49:50 GMT -5
Booooo! Oh well, I'm down with coffee table books LOL As far as bull/fighting breeds books are concern, I like Mike Homan's A Complete History of Fighting Dogs the best. I also like that book... it's the only one on the subject that isn't written by someone (cough Stratton cough) who seems to LIKE the "sport". His Staffordshire Bull Terrier in History and Sport is also fantastic. Both are out of print and rare, so grab them if you see them at any reasonable price
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Post by RealPitBull on Dec 18, 2008 14:08:46 GMT -5
I've heard you mention his SBT book. I'd love to read that. And yes, I also agree that he doesn't seem to give any approval of the sports, just presents the material and lets the reader decide. I recently pulled the book out again for something I was working on and was newly impressed with the incredible research that must have gone into it. I love all the historical quotes and the pictures are just amazing.
There is one amusing quote about Pete the Pup in which a person who knew him/his owner stated that the ring on Pete's eye was real. But then a few paragraphs later, this person's statement is discounted because mention was made of Pete's ring changing from eye to eye. The info on Cuban bloodhounds is really interesting to me, as well. Oh, I could go on and on... SO much great stuff in that book.
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Post by emilys on Dec 18, 2008 18:51:52 GMT -5
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