Bruce

MP3 Audio CD. Bruce is a story of a neglected puppy who was loved by the mistress of the family when the vivisectionist harmed her and Bruce attacked the experimentalist. Thereafter, he becomes part of the World War 1 as a carrier dog, he does acts of heroism and was regarded a hero during the war. The contents include The Coming of Bruce, The Pest, The War Dog, When Eyes Were No Use, The Double Cross, and The Werewolf.

Albert Payson Terhune was an American writer, dog breeder, and journalist. He was publicly known as an author who wrote novels about the adventures of his loving collies and as a breeder of collies at his Sunnybank Kennels, the lines which are still used today for Rough Collies. A novel was dedicated to the author, the dog in A Boy and His Dog calls his master as Albert. This novel was penned by Harlan Ellison in 1969 and was made into a movie in 1975 which was directed by L. Q. Jones.

Albert Payson Terhune was born in New Jersey to parents Edward Payson Terhune and Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune. His mother, Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, was an author of household management texts and pre-Civil War books under the pen name Marion Harland. Obviously, Terhune got his writing talent from his mother. He had four sisters and one brother, but only his two sisters survived to be adults, namely, Christine Terhune Herrick and Virginia Terhune Van De Water.

Sunnybank was the family?s summer home and Terhune made it as his permanent residence in 1912. He went to study at Columbia University and finished a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. After graduating, he worked as a reporter for The Evening World from 1894 ? 1914. His Sunnybank Kennels where he raised his rough collies were described as the most famed collie kennels in the United States.