Globe Pequot / Lyons Press
Pages: 176
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Trim: 5¾ x 7¾
978-1-4930-3161-0 • Hardback • May 2018 • $19.95 • (£14.99)
978-1-4930-3162-7 • eBook • May 2018 • $18.99 • (£14.99)
Dr. Margaret Reed, a nationally acclaimed animal training professional, met President Kennedy and his dogs when she was a little girl on vacation in Hyannis Port. She also sits on the board of Cornell University’s James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health and is a member of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum President’s Council.
Joan Lownds is the author of Man Overboard: Inside the Honeymoon Cruise Murder. She has been an award-winning writer and reporter for several Connecticut newspapers and magazines, including The Waterbury Republican-American, The New Haven Advocate, and Fairfield Magazine.
You don't need to be a dog lover or a history aficionado to enjoy The Dogs of Camelot: Stories of the Kennedy Canines. But be warned. Reading this charming, well-researched, and fascinating book by Dr. Margaret Reed and Joan Lownds might transform you into both. The accessible text combines the public and domestic lives of the late President John F. Kennedy and his family. Page by page, the reader become acutely aware that canines provided the President and his family a bit of joy and normalcy amid the many hardships, sorrows, and unexpected crises that characterize any presidency. Well worth the read, this sure-to-be popular tome offers a portrait of the Kennedy family we have not yet viewed in full. Five stars!
— Mary Sharnick, author of Orla’s Canvas
an interesting treasury of anecdotal stories that will captivate the reader.
— Nancy Tuckerman, former Kennedy White House social secretary
The Dogs of Camelot is a miraculous book, providing an unlikely yet endearing portrait of an almost mythic family whose humanity might be best shown through their profound connections with their beloved animals.
— Tommy Hays, author of The Pleasure Was Mine
The profound research and lively writing style of Dr. Margaret Reed and Joan Lownds produces an entertaining and enlightening revelation of the importance of pets of all kinds in the Kennedy White House. The authors' appreciation for the boundless enthusiasm and unselfish love that dogs ---no matter their personality or pedigree ---can provide to a family --- no matter its station in life ---is captured in this historic compilation of tender stories of the several animals that befriended John Kennedy and his family during his presidency and of the deep affection the pets were given in return.
— Senator Paul G. Kirk, (MA – Ret.)
The book offers a glimpse into the family’s quieter moments with snapshots of a young Caroline playing with Pushinka’s offspring; Jackie Kennedy running with Clipper, the German Shepherd, on the White House lawn; and John Jr. with Shannon, the cocker spaniel, in the Oval Office. This lighthearted book finds an irresistible mix of two popular subjects—the Kennedys and dogs.
— Publishers Weekly; Publishers Weekly