Tommy Tomlinson Dogland recensie, review en informatie van de inhoud van het boek over de Westminster Dog Show, Op 23 april 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Avid Reader Press het nieuwe boek van de Amerikaanse journalist en schrijver Tommy Tomlinson. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.
Tommy Tomlinson Dogland recensie en review
Als er in de media een boekbespreking, recensie of review verschijnt van Dogland, Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show, geschreven door de Amerikaanse schrijver en journalist Tommy Tomlinson, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.
- “I had a blast reading Dogland. . . . It examines the history, absurdities, vanities, and poignancy of our relationships with dogs, at times making the case that they’ve trained us every bit as much as we’ve trained them.” (Frank Bruni, New York Times)
Dogland
Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
- Auteur: Tommy Tomlinson (Verenigde Staten)
- Soort boek: hondenboek, journalistiek boek
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Avid Reader Press
- Verschijnt: 23 april 2024
- Omvang: 256 pagina’s
- Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
- Prijs: $28.99 / $14.99
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol
Flaptekst van het boek over de Westminster Dog Show
From Pulitzer Prize finalist Tommy Tomlinson comes an inside account of the Westminster Dog Show that follows one dog on his quest to become a champion—and explores the bond between dogs and their people.
Tommy Tomlinson was watching a dog show on television a few years ago when he had a sudden thought: Are those dogs happy? How about pet dogs—are they happy? Those questions sparked a quest to venture inside the dog-show world, in search of a deeper understanding of the relationship between dogs and humans that has endured for thousands of years. Dogland shares his surprising, entertaining, and moving adventures.
Tomlinson spends three years on the road and goes behind the scenes at more than one hundred competitions across the country, from Midwestern fairgrounds to Madison Square Garden. Along the way he is licked, sniffed, and rubbed up against by dogs of nearly every size, shape, and breed. Like a real-life version of the classic mockumentary Best in Show, Dogland follows one champion show dog—a Samoyed named Striker—as well as his handler, Laura King, and his devoted entourage of breeders and owners as he competes in the 2022 Westminster Dog Show.
Striker’s whole career has been leading up to this moment. As Tomlinson writes, picking a top show dog is like drafting an NFL quarterback when they’re still in elementary school. Now Striker has made it to the Super Bowl. Tomlinson takes readers on the long road to glory, bringing the dog-show circuit to life as he witnesses teams scrambling from town to town in search of championship points and large, colorful ribbons. (Striker and his crew travel in a custom-built RV named after Betty White.)
Tomlinson’s limitless curiosity about people and dogs reaches far beyond the show tents and into the ordinary lives of dogs. We hear from experts who have discovered new insights into how dogs and humans formed their bond—and how that bond has changed over the centuries. We discover the fascinating origins of different dog breeds, learn about the elaborate breed standards that determine an ideal show dog, and consider the health issues that can arise in purebred dogs. We also meet dog lovers who applaud every dog, regardless of breed, simply for being themselves, such as WeRateDogs, the social media phenomenon with millions of followers, all for posts celebrating the day-to-day goofiness in most dog owners’ lives.
Engaging, charming, and insightful, Dogland is an irresistibly appealing read that invites us on a rollicking backstage tour through the rituals, tricks, and wonders of the dog-show world—and reveals what matters most for the happiness of dogs and dog lovers everywhere.
