Brian Alan Burhoe

The Time of Civilized Bears & The World of Witagg

Tag: DOG STORY

Dog Stories of Max Brand: White Wolf, Chinook, Mighty Lobo

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    THE DOG STORIES OF MAX BRAND Today, we think more of dog stories by James Herriot than by a popular pulp fiction writer.  But listen… Frederick Faust has been called “The Shakespeare of the Western Range.” (Kirkus Reviews). Faust published over 300 Western novels in his lifetime, using nineteen pseudonyms, of which he’s […]

DOGS IN MOVIES: Rin-Tin-Tin – The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

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THE ADVENTURES OF RIN TIN TIN — And Rusty “The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.”  We Boomers, boys and girls, loved it.  I certainly did.  Why not?  It combined my two favourite genres: Animal Stories and Westerns/Northwesterns.  Lots of outdoor action — and Rinty, played by Rin-Tin-Tin IV, was a natural. “Adventures” first aired on […]