Beautiful Joe

by Marshall Saunders

Overview

Based on the true story of Joe, an abused mutt named from in Meaford, Ontario, at the end of the nineteenth century, Beautiful Joe is the moving tale of a dog’s rescue from a cruel owner.

Beautiful Joe was written as an autobiography from the perspective of Joe himself, much like Anna Sewell’s novel, Black Beauty, which inspired author Margaret Marshall Saunders’ (pen name Marshall Saunders) approach to telling Joe’s story. Saunders first encountered the story of Beautiful Joe when paying a visit to her sister-in-law, who was rehabilitating the real Joe after her father had rescued him from his abusive owner.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596747227
Publisher:	Neeland Media LLC
Publication date:	04/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	261 KB

About the Author

Margaret Marshall Saunders was a Canadian author best known for her novel Beautiful Joe. Much of Saunders’s work addressed social issues, including child labour, slum clearance, and animal cruelty. Active in local media, Saunders co-founded the Maritime branch of the Canadian Women’s Press Club with Anne of Green Gables author Lucy Maud Montgomery, and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1934. Other titles by Saunders include Tilda Jane: An Orphan In Search of a Home, The House of Armour, and The Girl from Vermont. Saunders died in 1947.