{"product_id":"2940013313705","title":"The Dog Crusoe And His Master","description":"CHAPTER ONE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BACKWOODS SETTLEMENT--CRUSOE'S PARENTAGE AND EARLY HISTORY--THE\u003cbr\u003eAGONISING PAINS AND SORROWS OF HIS PUPPYHOOD, AND OTHER INTERESTING\u003cbr\u003eMATTERS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe dog Crusoe was once a pup.  Now do not, courteous reader, toss your\u003cbr\u003ehead contemptuously, and exclaim, \"Of course he was; I could have told\u003cbr\u003e_you_ that.\"  You know very well that you have often seen a man above\u003cbr\u003esix feet high, broad and powerful as a lion, with a bronzed shaggy\u003cbr\u003evisage and the stern glance of an eagle, of whom you have said, or\u003cbr\u003ethought, or heard others say, \"It is scarcely possible to believe that\u003cbr\u003esuch a man was once a squalling baby.\"  If you had seen our hero in all\u003cbr\u003ethe strength and majesty of full-grown doghood, you would have\u003cbr\u003eexperienced a vague sort of surprise had we told you--as we now repeat--\u003cbr\u003ethat the dog Crusoe was once a pup--a soft, round, sprawling, squeaking\u003cbr\u003epup, as fat as a tallow candle, and as blind as a bat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut we draw particular attention to the fact of Crusoe's having once\u003cbr\u003ebeen a pup, because in connection with the days of his puppyhood there\u003cbr\u003ehangs a tale.  This peculiar dog may thus be said to have had two\u003cbr\u003etails--one in connection with his body, the other with his career.  This\u003cbr\u003etale, though short, is very harrowing, and, as it is intimately\u003cbr\u003econnected with Crusoe's subsequent history, we will relate it here.  But\u003cbr\u003ebefore doing so we must beg our reader to accompany us beyond the\u003cbr\u003ecivilised portions of the United States of America--beyond the frontier\u003cbr\u003esettlements of the \"far west,\" into those wild prairies which are\u003cbr\u003ewatered by the great Missouri river--the Father of Waters--and his\u003cbr\u003enumerous tributaries.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082471719152,"sku":"2940013313705","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013313705_p0.jpg?v=1763579590","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013313705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}