Beautiful Joe was a real dog, and Beautiful Joe’‘ was his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

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Published in 1893, Beautiful Joe was the first Canadian book to sell a million copies and was extremely popular in America, too (selling almost a million copies by 1900). A…

Reproduction of the original: The King of the Park by Marshall Saunders

""Princess Sukey"" is a heartwarming children's book published in 1905 by Marshall Saunders. It tells the story of a brave and loyal pigeon named Sukey, who befriends a group of…

Marshall Saunders is the pseudonym for Margaret Marshall Saunders. Beautiful Joe is the real name of a real dog, whose story she became familiar with while visiting her brother and…

Beautiful Joe was a winning entry in a contest sponsored by the American Humane Society in 1893. Based on a true story, this book was the first book published in…