Hound Dog Days: One Dog and His Man: A Story of North Country Life and Canine Contentment

A decade and one dog after penning Racing Pigs and Giant Marrows, and inspired by the purchase of his new hound, a petit basset-griffon Vendeen called Little Man, Harry Pearson returns to the world of rambling through the countryside. Born into a dog-loving family, Pearson grew up with a variety of spaniels, terriers, collies, and mongrels. He currently spends several hours every day running along behind a bassett-griffon pretending he really intended to go that way himself. These pages are full of anecdotes culled from 45 years of living with dogs, wise observations on canine and human behavior, historical tales of famous dogs, learned speculations on nature, and descriptions of life in the real English countryside—a place where there are otters in the river, glue-sniffers in the woods, and fisticuffs over fishing rights.