Mark Derr
Author of How the Dog Became the Dog: From Wolves to Our Best Friends
About the Author
Mark Derr moved to Florida with his family at age six; his interest in the state's history and ecology dates back to the late 1960s, when he watched the landscape around Winter Park change with the construction of Walt Disney World. He is the author of the critically acclaimed books, The show more Frontiersman and Dog's Best Friend, and his articles have appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Natural History, Audubon, and other publications. He lives in Miami Beach. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Mark Derr
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent (2004) 84 copies, 1 review
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1950-01-20
- Gender
- male
- Relationships
- Maranto, Gina (spouse)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Places of residence
- Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
Members
Reviews
The author would have been better off simply making this an epoch-spanning novel. Instead, he blithely makes up his own fantasies of what the past was like, ignores any facts that disagree with his fantasies, and generally acts as though the truth, since it is currently scientifically unproven, can be bent to be whatever we wish it to be. If you like his arbitrary classifications (dogwolves, wolfdogs, socialized wolves, uhh, probably a few more I forgot), have fun with it. I'm not going to show more waste my time reading the rest. show less
A Dog's History of America: How Our Best Friend Explored, Conquered, and Settled a Continent by Mark Derr
Would have been much happier if the author had left most of his comments about slavery.
The book would have flowed much better
The book would have flowed much better
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Statistics
- Works
- 7
- Members
- 370
- Popularity
- #65,127
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 29