Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog

Ted Kerasote

ISBN 10: 0151012709 / ISBN 13: 9780151012701

Published by Harcourt, Inc., 2007

About this Item

Sixth printing. Signed by author (Ted Kerasote) on title page--no inscription, just signature. Prior gift inscription on front flyleaf (see photo 2). Otherwise inside is clean and unmarked. Some smudging on fore-edge of book block. Slight tilt to spine. Wear on bottom edges of book boards. Dust jacket has creasing. See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1751690177169

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
• Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151012709
• ISBN 13: 9780151012701
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 3.454W x 15.24H x 22.86D centimeters 3.454 centimeters width by 15.24 centimeters height by 22.86 centimeters depth
• Weight: 680.389 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Animals and Nature
  • Signed
  • Memoir and Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

While on a camping trip, Ted Kerasote met a dog—a Labrador mix—who was living on his own in the wild. They became attached to each other, and Kerasote decided to name the dog Merle and bring him home. There, he realized that Merle’s native intelligence would be diminished by living exclusively in the human world. He put a dog door in his house so Merle could live both outside and in.

A deeply touching portrait of a remarkable dog and his relationship with the author, Merle’s Door explores the issues that all animals and their human companions face as their lives intertwine, bringing to bear the latest research into animal consciousness and behavior as well as insights into the origins and evolution of the human-dog partnership. Merle showed Kerasote how dogs might live if they were allowed to make more of their own decisions, and Kerasote suggests how these lessons can be applied universally.

About the Authors

TED KERASOTE ’s writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Field & Stream, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.

TED KERASOTE ’s writing has appeared in more than fifty periodicals, including Audubon, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Field & Stream, Salon, and the New York Times. His most recent book, Out There: In the Wild in a Wired Age, won the National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Wyoming.