White Dog

Author: Romain Gary
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226284309
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
Both a personal memoir and a French novelist's encounter with American reality, White Dog is an unforgettable portrait of racism and hypocrisy. Set in the tumultuous Los Angeles of 1968, Romain Gary's story begins when a German shepherd strays into his life: "He was watching me, his head cocked to one side, with that unbearable intensity of dogs in the pound waiting for a rescuer." A lost police canine, this "white dog" is programmed to respond violently to the sight of a black man and Gary's attempts to deprogram it—like his attempts to protect his wife, the actress Jean Seberg; like her endeavors to help black activists; like his need to rescue himself from the "predicament of being trapped, lock, stock and barrel within a human skin"—lead from crisis to grief. Using the re-education of this adopted pet as a metaphor for the need to quash American racism, Gary develops a domestic crisis into a full-scale social allegory.

White Dog Fell from the Sky

Author: Eleanor Morse
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101606207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

Book Description
An extraordinary novel of love, friendship, and betrayal for admirers of Abraham Verghese and Edwidge Danticat Eleanor Morse’s rich and intimate portrait of Botswana, and of three people whose intertwined lives are at once tragic and remarkable, is an absorbing and deeply moving story. In apartheid South Africa in 1977, medical student Isaac Muthethe is forced to flee his country after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force. He is smuggled into Botswana, where he is hired as a gardener by a young American woman, Alice Mendelssohn, who has abandoned her Ph.D. studies to follow her husband to Africa. When Isaac goes missing and Alice goes searching for him, what she finds will change her life and inextricably bind her to this sunburned, beautiful land. Like the African terrain that Alice loves, Morse’s novel is alternately austere and lush, spare and lyrical. She is a writer of great and wide-ranging gifts.

The Law Is a White Dog - How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons

Author: Colin Dayan
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691157871
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 364

Book Description
A fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantánamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state—all are deprived of personhood through legal acts. Such deprivations have recurred throughout history, and the law sustains these terrors and banishments even as it upholds the civil order. Examining such troubling cases, The Law Is a White Dog tackles key societal questions: How does the law construct our identities? How do its rules and sanctions make or unmake persons? And how do the supposedly rational claims of the law define marginal entities, both natural and supernatural, including ghosts, dogs, slaves, terrorist suspects, and felons? Reading the language, allusions, and symbols of legal discourse, and bridging distinctions between the human and nonhuman, Colin Dayan looks at how the law disfigures individuals and animals, and how slavery, punishment, and torture create unforeseen effects in our daily lives. Moving seamlessly across genres and disciplines, Dayan considers legal practices and spiritual beliefs from medieval England, the North American colonies, and the Caribbean that have survived in our legal discourse, and she explores the civil deaths of felons and slaves through lawful repression. Tracing the legacy of slavery in the United States in the structures of the contemporary American prison system and in the administrative detention of ghostly supermax facilities, she also demonstrates how contemporary jurisprudence regarding cruel and unusual punishment prepared the way for abuses in Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo. Using conventional historical and legal sources to answer unconventional questions, The Law Is a White Dog illuminates stark truths about civil society's ability to marginalize, exclude, and dehumanize.

Chasing the White Dog

Author: Max Watman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416571780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Chasing the White Dog" offers an intoxicating look at the inner workings of the moonshine business.

The Little White Dog

Author: Laura Godwin
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9780786815159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
One by one, a series of animals disappears into the background, until, with the lights turned on, each animal searches for and finds the next in line.

Freckles

Author: Paul M. Howey
Publisher: AZtexts Publishing
ISBN: 9780967729213
Category : Dog adoption
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
True story of an abandoned dog that's rescued from the desert and becomes a therapy dog working with the homeless, abused and otherwise at-risk children.

To Dance with the White Dog

Author: Terry Kay
Publisher: Rosetta Books
ISBN: 0795310870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199

Book Description
In this “hauntingly beautiful story about love, family, and relationships,” a mysterious dog helps an elderly man in his final days (Archbishop Desmond Tutu). After Sam Peek’s beloved wife Cora dies, his children are worried about him. After fifty-seven years of marriage, they are unsure how their elderly father will survive on his own. They talk about him as if he can’t hear them, questioning how he’ll run a farm, drive his truck, or live by himself. When Sam tells his children about a white dog who visits him, yet seems invisible to everyone else, they are sure that grief and old age have taken a toll on their father. But, real or not, the creature soothes Sam’s grief and ultimately reconciles him with his own mortality. In this bittersweet story of love, grief, and coming to terms with death, “master storyteller” Terry Kay takes readers on Sam’s journey with his white dog, bringing solace and comfort to the inevitable transition that all must make (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

White Shepherd

Author: Jean Reeves
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1621870790
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
Distinguished by its stunning white coat and unmatched versatility, the White Shepherd is a direct descendant of the German Shepherd dog. Although traditional German Shepherd devotees have shied away from solid white dogs, thousands of enthusiasts have embraced the beautiful, talented White Shepherd and established it as a breed unto itself. Whether on the farm, in the ring, in the water or in the home, the White Shepherd is an exemplary companion and competitor for the right owner.This book provides the reader with much-needed factual information about the breed, its history, including detailed sections on both noteworthy dogs and kennels, and the breed standard.

The White Dog

Author: Brenda Jackson
Publisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451047908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

On Gramma’S Rocker

Author: Ann M. Bondanella Filutze
Publisher: Inspiring Voices
ISBN: 1462404995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 86

Book Description
This treasure trove of short stories offers tales of friends and animals that come to life and features important lessons about friendship, sharing and more. On Grammas Rocker shares a treasure box of childrens tales filled with short stories that make friends and animals come alive and help your child learn lifes most important lessons through fun. Go to the palace with porcupines who learn their manners. Follow a curious girl into a boys-only tree house and discover a real hero. Meet a new fire truck named Flash who wants to befriend a unique dog at the fire station. Sit in the shade with Blanket and Sombrero as they compete for the first-place prize in their village. Stand guard with Ring the doorbell as he tries his bestrain or shine. Travel with Cup and Teabag from the sunny south to the cold north until they finally reach their relaxing destination. These stories bring you and your children unusual companions who become friends as they meet each challenge before them.