¿Roger L. Welsch is a retired professor of English and anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and a former essayist for CBS News Sunday Morning. He is the author of forty-four books, including Why I’m an Only Child and Other Slightly Naughty Plains Folktales (Bison Books, 2016), The Reluctant Pilgrim: A Skeptic’s Journey into Native Mysteries (Bison Books, 2015), and Embracing Fry Bread: Confessions of a Wannabe (Bison Books, 2012). He lives on the Middle Loup River in Nebraska.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. What's in a Name
2. The Way They Are
3. Inner Callings
4. The Devious Courses of Doggie Thought
5. What They See, What They Hear, What They Know
6. To Sleep, Perhaps to Dream
7. The Other Dog's Whatever
8. Passing On
9. Canine Existentialism
10. A Dog Diet
11. Laughing with Them, Not at Them
12. Who Exactly Is the Stable One in This Relationship?
13. Togetherness
14. Whence They Come
15. Being Known by the Company You Keep
16. School Time, School Time
17. On the Road Again
18. You Gotta Ee-lim-i-nate the Negative
19. Disgusting Is as Disgusting Does
20. In the Case of Dogs, They Are What the Other Dog Eats
21. A Bark Is Worse than a Bite Only if You're Not Being Bit
22. "I Yam What I Yam"
23. Born Free, Sort Of
24. Cleanliness Is Next to Dogginess
25. Of House and Home
26. All Work and No Play
27. Permission Granted . . . Enter!
28. In Sickness and in Health
29. God Bless the Caregivers
Afterword
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
Index
