Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography
Beautiful Joe: An Autobiography (Classic Reprint) Marshall Saunders,
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 1440032742
Edition: Paperback; 2009-06-26
Summary:
Beautiful JoeCHAPTER IONLY A CUR name is Beautiful Joe, and I am a F
brown dog of medium size. I am not called Beautiful Joe because I am
a beauty, Mr. Morris, the clergyman, in whose family I have lived for
the last twelve years, says that he thinks I must be called Beautiful
Joe for the same reason that his grandfather, down South, called a
very ugly colored slave-lad Cupid, and his mother Venus.I do not know
what he means by that, but when he says it, people always look at me
and smile. I know that I am not beautiful, and I know that I am not a
thoroughbred. I am only a cur.When my mistress went every year to
register me and pay my tax, and the man in the office asked what
breed I was, she said part fox-terrier and part bull-terrier; but he
always put me down a cur. 1 don't think she liked having him call me
a cur; still, I have heard her say that she preferred curs, for they
have more character thanTable of Contents Chapter page; I Only a
Cur13; II The Cruel Milkman20; III My Kind Deliverer and Miss Laura
25; IV The Morris Boys Add to My Name 31 V My New Home and a Selfish
Lady 37; VI The Fox Terrier Billy 51; VII Training a Puppy 59; VIII A
Ruined Dog 64; IX The Parrot Bella; 70; X Billy's Training Continued
78; XI Goldfish and Canaries 86; XII Malta the Cat 98; XIII The
Beginning of an Adventure 106; XIV How We Caught the Burglar 118 XV
Our Journey to Riverdale128; XVI Dingley Farm142; XVII Mr Wood and
his Horses 150; 11; Chapter pacb; XVIII Mrs Wood's Poultry159; XIX A
Band of Mercy166; XX Stories About Animals175; XXI Mr Maxwell and Mr,
Harry 190 XXII What Happened at the Tea Table 199; XXIII Trapping
Wild Animals208; XXIV The Rabbit and the Hen218; XXV A Happy
Horse229; XXVI The Box of Money240; XXVII A Neglected Stable251;
XXVIII The End of the Englishman 262; XXIX A Talk About Sheep271; XXX
A Jealous Ox285; XXXI In the Cow Stable295; XXXII Our R
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