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My Life in Dog Years

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ISBN-10: 0440414717

ISBN-13: 9780440414711

Edition: N/A

Authors: Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen

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Gary Paulsen has owned dozens of unforgettable and amazing dogs. In each chapter he tells the story of one special dog, among them Snowball, the puppy he owned as a boy in the Philippines; Ike, his mysterious hunting companion; Dirk, the grim protector; and Josh, one of the remarkable border collies working on Paulsen's ranch today. Pen-and-ink illustrations by Ruth Wright Paulsen.
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Book details

List price: $7.99
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Publication date: 6/8/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 5.19" wide x 7.56" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.198

Gary Paulsen was born on May 17, 1939 in Minnesota. During the first few years of his life, his father was stationed in Europe during World War II and his mother worked in a factory. Paulsen was raised by his grandmother and aunts. He lived overseas after the war in the Phillippines between 1946-49. Ever since he was fifteen, he worked many jobs to support himself. He attended Bemidji College, in Minnesota, paying his tuition by being a trapper. He also spent some time in the army. He decided one day to try writing and tried to become a magazine editor. He spent nearly a year as an associate magazine editor on a magazine for men in Hollywood, California. He published his first book,…