An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List
323: History's Greatest Dogs
April 20, 2023
Description
Books Referenced
Author: Walter Scott
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Mentioned as the source of the name 'Dandy Dinmont' - a character from this Walter Scott novel that the dog breed is named after
Author: Mike McBeth
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Referenced when discussing Mike McBeth's research into whether Greyfriars Bobby was actually a Dandy Dinmont terrier rather than a Sky terrier
Author: George MacDonald Fraser
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Referenced as having 'a great scene' depicting the burning of the Summer Palace during the Second Opium War, with the pathos of the European negotiators' treatment described as 'absolutely superbly done'
Author: Eleanor Atkinson
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Described as a novel written in 1912 by American novelist and journalist Eleanor Atkinson that became the canonical story feeding into various films about the famous Edinburgh dog
Author: Richard Nixon
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Nixon's memoirs are referenced twice - once noting that Nixon said the TV cameraman was crying at the end of his Checkers speech, and another noting that Nixon always called it 'the fund speech' rather than the Checkers speech
Author: Anne Frank
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Mentioned in reference to Anne Frank writing in her diary that she longed to have a dog like Rin Tin Tin
Author: Lawrence Trimble
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Mentioned as a book written about Strongheart, a German Shepherd who was a Hollywood film star before Rin Tin Tin