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    Gaf! Gaf! Russian Dog Stories
    Gaf! Gaf! Russian Dog Stories
    Gaf! Gaf! Russian Dog Stories
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    Gaf! Gaf! Russian Dog Stories

    By Terence Emmons

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    A collection of remarkable Russian dog stories, selected, translated and introduced by Terrence Emmons. Several of Russias most famous writes, including Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Chechov, 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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris US
    Release dateJun 24, 2004
    ISBN9781469109879
    Gaf! Gaf! Russian Dog Stories
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    Terence Emmons

    Terrence Emmons, a descendant of Oregon pioneers, taught Russian history at Stanford for 36 years before returning to rural Oregon, where he and his wife, Victoria, live with a menagerie of animals, three dogs among them. He is the author of numerous books, including “Alleged Sex and Threatened Violence: Dr. Russel, Bishop Vladimir, and the Russians in San Francisco, 1887-1892” (Stanford University Press, 1997).

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