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Beautiful Joe
Margaret Marshall Saunders
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In 1892, in the town of Meaford, Ontario, Margaret Marshall
Saunders was introduced to Beautiful Joe -a mongrel dog that had
been cruelly mutilated by its owner. The author was inspired to
write this true story to emphasize the plight of domestic animals
everywhere. Upon publication, Beautiful Joe quickly became a
Canadian classic, enchanting readers of all ages. Although Margaret
Saunders relocated Beautiful Joe to a fictional town in Maine,
readers know the story is actually based in Meaford, where a park
and monument have been dedicated to the dog's memory.
One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in the United
States, Margaret Marshall Saunders's Beautiful Joe (1894) tells the
story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane family. A
catalogue of animal rights and wrongs, the novel fuelled humane
sentiments worldwide. This annotated, illustrated edition draws on
archival collections to trace the novel's impact on the
nineteenth-century animal protection movement. The introduction
also highlights some of the key social issues surrounding the
substantive revisions and omissions in ensuing editions of the
text. The historical appendices place the now-obscure novel in its
rich milieu as an international bestseller that taught a generation
of children to practice kindness towards animals.
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