{"product_id":"books-pit-bull-by-bronwen-dickey","title":"Pit Bull","description":"The hugely illuminating story of how a popular breed of dog became the most demonized and supposedly the most dangerous of dogs--and what role humans have played in the transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Bronwen Dickey brought her new dog home, she saw no traces of the infamous viciousness in her affectionate, timid pit bull. Which made her wonder: How had the breed--beloved by Teddy Roosevelt, Helen Keller, and Hollywood's Little Rascals--come to be known as a brutal fighter? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer search for answers takes her from nineteenth-century New York City dogfighting pits--the cruelty of which drew the attention of the recently formed ASPCA--to early twentieth-century movie sets, where pit bulls cavorted with Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton; from the battlefields of Gettysburg and the Marne, where pit bulls earned presidential recognition, to desolate urban neighborhoods where the dogs were loved, prized--and sometimes brutalized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether through love or fear, hatred or devotion, humans are bound to the history of the pit bull. With unfailing thoughtfulness, compassion, and a firm grasp of scientific fact, Dickey offers us a clear-eyed portrait of this extraordinary breed, and an insightful view of Americans' relationship with their dogs.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53670326993169,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780345803115.jpg?v=1781511024","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-pit-bull-by-bronwen-dickey","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}