{"id":8176,"date":"2019-04-27T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2019\/05\/02\/jeffrey-makala-co-authors-new-book-about-dogs-in-literature\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T15:20:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T19:20:54","slug":"jeffrey-makala-co-authors-new-book-about-dogs-in-literature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/jeffrey-makala-co-authors-new-book-about-dogs-in-literature\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Makala co-authors new book about dogs in literature"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jeffrey Makala, Furman University special collections librarian and university archivist at the James B. Duke Library, has co-edited a new book about dogs in literature.<\/p>\n

The book, \u201cIn Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American Dog Literature,\u201d is co-edited by Jacob F. Rivers III and published by the University of South Carolina Press. A book signing event is set for Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m.-noon at M. Judson Booksellers in downtown Greenville.<\/p>\n

University of South Carolina Press offers this description of \u201cIn Dogs We Trust\u201d:<\/p>\n

\"Jeffrey

Jeffrey Makala is special collections librarian and university archivist at Furman’s James B. Duke Library.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2018In Dogs We Trust\u2019 is a grand anthology that celebrates the many sterling virtues of the canine species. Dogs have lived with humans for thousands of years as working partners. By the 19th century, their role expanded to companions. American dog literature reflects this gradual but dramatic shift that continues even today. Our household dogs are quite literally closer than ever to us: sleeping in our beds, getting dressed in Halloween costumes, and serving as emotional support companions.<\/p>\n

The first comprehensive anthology of American dog literature, \u2018In Dogs We Trust\u2019 features stories, anecdotes and poetry from periodicals dating from the 19th to the early 20th century. By mining the vast American literary archive of this time, Rivers and Makala reveal the mystique and magic of the human-canine relationship and what they believe is one of the best connections humans have to the mysteries of the natural world.<\/p>\n

Rivers is the director for the Office of Veterans Services at the University of South Carolina and a teacher in the Department of English. He is the author of \u201cCultural Values in the Southern Sporting Narrative\u201d and \u201cEarly Southern Sports and Sportsmen: 1830-1910.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apart from his roles as special collections librarian and university archivist at Furman, Makala is owner of Two Terriers Press. He has written about 19th century American literature and book history in the Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America; Literature & History; Printing History; and The Oxford Companion to the Book. He is also an editor for The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP News).<\/p>\n

Learn more about \u201cIn Dogs We Trust<\/a>.\u201d Or for more information, contact Jeffrey Makala at 864-294-2714, and jeffrey.makala@furman.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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