The Reign Of The Greyhound - Hardcover

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Cynthia Branigan is the author of Howell Book House's best-selling title Adopting the Racing Greyhound. She is also a freelance writer and president of Make Peace with Animals, an animal protection organization. Among the group's missions are Greyhound rescue and placement. From her home is Pennsylvania, she travels to give lectures and radio and television interviews on adopting racing Greyhounds and the humane treatment of all animals.

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For centuries, Greyhounds were the favorite dogs of kings and queens, emperors and earls. Today, this noble inheritance is all but forgotten. In The Reign of the Greyhound, Cynthia Branigan, author of the best-selling Adopting the Racing Greyhound, recovers the forgotten history of this noble dog. Look inside to learn more about the tremendous role the Greyhound has played in western history for thousands of years.

• Greyhounds are the only breed of dog mentioned in the Bible.
• Greyhounds appear in both Greek and Roman mythology.
• Alexander the Great's favorite dog was a Greyhound.
• In 1493, Greyhounds became the first European dogs in the New World.
• General George Custer coursed his fourteen Greyhounds the night before the Battle of Little Big Horn.
• Each year in the United States, over 16,000 retired racers begin new careers as pets.