Greyfriars Bobby

Eleanor Atkinson

first published 1912 Independently Published, 2021

This story is about a dog in Aberdeen, Scotland, which demonstrated phenomenal loyalty to his adopted master. His master was an elderly grave keeper who took the mange-infected dog on as a pet. After many years, the old man died, but the dog (Greyfriars Bobby) would not leave the grave of his master, except to find food, until the dog also died of old age. There is a monument to the dog in the city square at Aberdeen...

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Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781015434103
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2022 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781015438286
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798728790266
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 272 pages · 9780241481769
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2021 · Pan Macmillan · 208 pages · 9781529048766
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2021 · Independently Published · 9798737881641
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2021 · Penguin Books, Limited · 9780241487143
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9780342355280
Greyfriars Bobby hardcover · 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · 308 pages · 9780344899324
Greyfriars Bobby edition · 2018 · Creative Media Partners, LLC · 9781376870749
Greyfriars Bobby hardcover · 2018 · Franklin Classics Trade Press · 308 pages · 9780344323935
Greyfriars Bobby hardcover · 2018 · Franklin Classics · 308 pages · 9780342855575

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