THE SEARCH FOR SHELTIE

Paideia Press, Jordon Station, ON, 1982, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-88815-808-4.  Trade soft cover, 140 pages.  Former church library copy; wraps have been laminated showing a bit of edge and corner wear, date sheet affixed to rear end paper; binding sound.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanned pages; black & white illustrations.  ‘Having shaken “the curse of Urumbu,” Jack and Sheltie return to the old country.  Injured in a traffic accident, Jack is laid up in a Genoa hospital.  Sheltie goes on ahead to Rotterdam where he promptly gets lost.  The book gives a fascinating look at the “psychology” of a dog trying to avoid capture as he hunts doggedly for his master.  It also tells the story of the extensive, persistent search Jack and his nephews make for Sheltie.  Unaccustomed to civilization, Sheltie faces danger at every turn.’ (from rear wrap)