A collection of remarkable Russian dog stories, selected, translated and introduced by Terrence Emmons. Several of Russia's most famous writers, including Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chekhov, are represented here, along with other masters of the genre who are less well known to western readers: Mamin-Sibiriak, Kuprin, Prishvin, and others. This is the first anthology of Russian dog stories to be published in any language.