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Calico Dorsey: Mail Dog of the Mining Camps

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4.1 out of 5
Based on 73 Ratings and 24 Reviews

Book Description


Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night kept this poch from his appointed rounds!

Back in the 1880s, when the Old West boomed with the rush for gold and silver, the miners of Calico, California, needed a mail carrier they could count on. And they found him in a Border collie named Dorsey. Based on the true story of the most celebrated canine mail carrier in U.S. histo... More
Book Information
PublisherTricycle Press
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-101582463182
ISBN-13978-1582463186
Publication Date09/28/2010
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About Susan Lendroth (Author) : My latest book is OLD MANHATTAN HAS SOME FARMS (release date August 5, 2014) from Charlesbridge Publishing. Please visit my blog about the world of correspondence, from letters lost and found to sill... more
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About Adam Gustavson (Illustrator) : I make my way as a professional artist living in West Orange NJ with my lovely wife, who helps manage my career, and my two sons. Working from the attic of my small town mock Tudor home, I have illus... more
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