Product Description

There's no love quite like the love of a golden retriever.

Anyone who has experienced this unique, wonderous relationship, or who simply enjoys a beautiful tale of the affection between people and their very special dogs, will fall in love with Arthur Vanderbilt's unforgettable memoir of a doting retriever named Amy and the seasons of joy she shared with those around her.

First published in 1998, Willow Creek Press is proud to bring back to print this tenderly told love story that illustrates what a golden retriever can teach us about ourselves and the world we share.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #776201 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-18
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .65" h x 5.42" w x 7.74" l, .55 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 144 pages

From Kirkus Reviews
A love song to a departed golden retriever, keen and tender, from Vanderbilt (Fortune's Children, 1989). Vanderbilt's parents had a dog much beloved by the whole family. Amy was her name, and she possessed all the best characteristics of golden retrievers: She was personable, emotional, enthusiastic, mischievous, always with an eye for fun. Vanderbilt was grown and gone by the time Amy entered the household, but his many summer vacations at the family place on Cape Cod allowed him to enjoy the dog to the fullest. Amy's exploits are the nub of this short remembrance: how she would make nightly rounds to check on her charges; nuzzle a rotting sand shark to partake of its evil perfume; herd the family back to shore when they went for a swim in the ocean; show a bit of her roots during a towel-tugging contest with a bristle and fierce growl; how she failed as a seadog (actually it was Vanderbilt who failed as a seaman) but knew how to throw a baleful look when she was not invited along on an outing, getting all morose and hurt. Vanderbilt twines her story with concisely rendered elements of Cape Cod history. One moment he will reconstruct in his mind's eye a grand hotel in Chatham, Mass., and the next tell the story of Squanto, the Native American who saved the Pilgrims during that first cold winter of 1621. Or he will delve into the natural history of the horseshoe crab while offering it up for Amy's inspection, then remember that it was off this particular beach in 1918 that a 213-foot submarine of the Imperial German Navy broke the glassy surface of the sea to fire upon a tugboat, the only enemy attack upon the US in WW I. Through it all romps Amy. Good dog, lovely book. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Synopsis
The author shares his family's tender, heartwarming relationship with Amy--a spirited golden retriever who accompanied the Vanderbilts on a host of family adventures. Reprint.

From the Publisher
Praise for Golden Days:

"A touching book about a wonderful dog."
--Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, bestselling author of Dogs Never Lie About Love

"Fun to read, full of light and friendship."
--Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

"Once someone has had the good fortune to share a true love affair with a golden retriever, one's life and one's outlook are never quite the same again."
--Betty White

"[Golden Days] is yet one more offering of this skilled and caring man. I predict great things from this book and for this author."
--Roger A. Caras, award-winning author; president, ASPCA

"Anyone who likes dogs will feel that they have a new dog in their house when they read this book."
--Brooke Astor