Captain Lewis Buys a Dog
LIBRARY AND INTERNET SOURCES
Articles about Seaman, the Dog, for Adults and Young Adults
Duncan, Dayton and Burns, Ken. Lewis and Clark: The Journey of
the Corps of Discovery. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. See
pages 26-27 for a drawing of a Newfoundland dog and a summary of
the journal entries about Seaman.
Jackson, Donald. "Call Him a Good Old Dog, But Don't Call
Him Scannon." We Proceeded On, July, 1985. (We
Proceeded On is a Quarterly Publication of the Lewis and Clark
Trail Heritage Foundation.) Until recently the name of Lewis' dog
was thought to be Scannon. At least that is how early editors read
the journal writers' handwriting. Then in 1985, Historian Donald
Jackson made a startling connection proving that the dog's name
was really Seaman. In this article Jackson tells how he came to
that conclusion.
Holmberg, James J. "Seaman's Fate?" We Proceeded On,
February, 2000, pp. 7-9.
Did Seaman make it back to St. Louis with the Corps of Discovery?
Holmberg thinks he may have survived the trip because of an obscure
inscription in an old book. Holmberg's article is a good example
of historical research as well as an interesting sidelight on the
mystery of what happened to Seaman
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A Book about Seaman, The Dog, for Children
Albers, Everett C. and Eslinger, Kimberly. Lewis and Clark Meet
the American Indians as Told by Seaman the Dog. Bismark, ND:
United printing and Mailing, Inc., 1999. An activity book with a
simple text, pictures to color, puzzles to work, etc. Although the
text is fictionalized, the information given is accurate.
Books about Newfoundland Dogs
Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw. Hugger to the Rescue. New York:
Dutton, 1994. The story of a family in Montana who raise and train
Newfoundland dogs for search and rescue work in water and snow.
Their volunteer organization is called Black Paws. Full color photographs
of the dogs at work make this a very attractive book for children.
Ring, Elizabeth. Search and Rescue Dogs: Expert Trackers and
Trailers. Brookford, Connecticut: Millbrook Press, 1994. This
book contains an amazing story of how an old Newfoundland dog rescued
a puppy that had fallen through the ice. (See pages 24-25.)
Wilcox, Charlotte. The Newfoundland. Mankata, Minnesota:
Capstone High/Low Books, 1999. Full color photographs and an easy
to read text make this book about Newfoundland dogs appealing to
children. It also contains references for more information about
this breed.
Internet Source about Newfoundland Dogs
Everything you ever wanted to know about "Newfies" is
included in this website---pictures, information, care and feeding,
and books about the breed. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/newfoundland.htm.
Books about Pet Care
The following publishers offer pet care books on a great variety
of pets including tropical fish, lizards, snakes, dogs, cats, hamsters,
rabbits, turtles, parakeets and many more.
- Chelsea House Publishers: Junior Pet Care
- Children's Press True Book: Your Pet
- Dorling Kindersley Books: ASPCA Pet Care Guides For Kids
Books about Buffalo
Robins, Ken. Thunder on the Plains: The Story of the American
Buffalo. New York: Atheneum Press, 2001. A beautifully illustrated
book for young readers about the lives of buffalo and their near
extinction by hunters.
Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane. Buffalo Days. New York: Holiday House,
1997. A true story of a Crow Indian family in Montana who raise
buffalo on their ranch. The reverence the Crows have for the buffalo
comes through in text and color photographs and paintings. An excellent
book for connecting past with present.
Books for Comparing Photography with Drawing and Painting
Kalman, Bobbie. Early Settler Children. Toronto: Crabtree
Publishing, 1982. This delightful book contains both drawings and
photographs of children from long ago to compare and contrast. It
is one of a series of Early Settler Life books, all containing both
drawings and photographs.
Internet Sources for Early Photography
To obtain more information on the history of early photography,
click on. http://www.photographymuseum.com/primer.html.
This site gives a description of the photographic processes used
from the invention of the camera to modern times. Scroll to "The
daguerreotype process," to learn about the first practical
form of photography, to modern times.
Another link, http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/index2.htm,
connects you with the "Matthew Brady Portrait Gallery of the
Smithsonian Institution." Of special interest is an animated
sequence about how photographs were created on glass plates in the
late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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