My Dog Skip

This classic story of a boy, a dog, and small-town America is "a rich experience all around.... Skip turns out to be a dog worth writing about.... I'd take him home in a shot" (The New York Times Book Review).

In 1943 in a sleepy town on the banks of the Yazoo River, a boy fell in love with a puppy with a lively gait and an intelligent way of listening. The two grew up together having the most wonderful adventures. My Dog Skip belongs on the same shelf as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Russell Baker's Growing Up. It will enchant readers of all ages for years to come.

A major motion picture form Warner Brothers, starring Kevin Bacon, Diane Lane, Luke Wilson, Frankie Muniz, and "Eddie" from the TV show Frasier (as Skip), and produced by Mark Johnson (Rain Man).

Author: Willie Morris
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01/30/1996
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 8.25h x 4.91w x 0.35d
ISBN13: 9780679767220
ISBN10: 0679767223
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
WILLIE MORRIS published his last book, My Cat Spit McGee, with Random House in Fall 1999. He lived in Jackson, Mississippi, until his death in 1999.