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To Absent Friends: A Collection of Stories of the Dogs We Miss Hardcover – January 1, 2003

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Of all the animals in the world, only the dog has chosen to share his life with man, and while the dog may have benefited from the arrangement, man has gotten the much better end of the deal.

With one notable exception: the dog mercifully has no foreknowledge of his own mortality.

Even more mercifully he has no knowledge that he and the person he loves won't be together forever.

Man, for all the gifts he has been given, for all his cleverness and adaptability, his ingenuity and imagination, has been cursed with the knowledge of his own mortality and, perhaps even more painful, the knowledge that his best friend will leave him behind.

To Absent Friends is a collection of stories of dogs told by those they left behind.

Most of the dogs in these stories were good dogs; some were what we may politely describe as eccentric, some were mischievous, some were just plain bad, but all were loved, and all are missed.

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Jameson Parker is a contributor for Willow Creek Press titles including To Absent Friends.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Willow Creek Pr; First Edition (January 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1572237066
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1572237063
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1 x 9.25 inches

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Jameson Parker was a working actor for over a quarter of a century. While he has appeared in countless movies, television movies, and plays, he is best known for his starring role as A.J., one half of the team of Simon & Simon, the long running hit television series in the ‘80’s. After Hollywood, Jameson became the host of several different hunting shows, including American Hunter, The World of Ducks Unlimited, Sports Afield on Assignment, Beretta’s Bird Hunter’s Journal, and A Dog’s Life, which he also wrote and produced.

Jameson has been a freelance writer for almost twenty years. As an actor-turned-author he is unique because his work has appeared in such a wide range of outdoor magazines: American Hunter, Sports Afield, Gray’s Sporting Journal, California Waterfowl, Shooting Sportsman, Bugle, Under Wild Skies, Delta Waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited, Safari, Western Horseman, and currently he is the ‘Sporting Life’ columnist for Sporting Classics, and the ‘Fine Guns’ columnist for Texas Sporting Journal.

Jameson is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, An Accidental Cowboy (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martins Press) and the editor of To Absent Friends (Willow Creek Press), an anthology of stories about dogs. He is married to actress and singer Darleen Carr.

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T. Williams

Very well-written stories

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 27, 2022

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Very well-written, touching stories & poems by a variety of authors. Beware, however, that several of the tales are deeply sad, and that one story, "A Dark-Brown Dog," was such a horrific tale of cruelty that I had to stop reading the book for a while.

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TD Bauer

Some sad stories, but helped me heal

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 14, 2019

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This book was recommended to me years ago after my wife and I lost our pet dog, Chico, to an auto accident. It was a rough time in our household, but this book and its many stories really pulled on the heart strings in many ways, and ultimately helped get us looking forward sooner than later to adding a new dog in our family.

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Reggy Compass

Great book for any dog lover

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If you're a dog lover get this book. Not going to lie...it was sad. But in that sadness you find a new found appreciation for your dog that's still with you. And it also brings back fond memories of the dog's you've lost. I enjoyed the book so much I bought another copy for my mom.

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Selected stories by Jameson Parker. Had hoped that he ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2015

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Selected stories by Jameson Parker. Had hoped that he had a few more of his own stories, but the ones he had selected are well worth the read.

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A. Lane Batot

Great collection of dog stories......

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As good a collection of dog stories as is out there. Mr. Parker's couple of personal additions were interesting enough that I would like to read a SEQUEL someday, of more of HIS OWN dogs and perspectives!

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Sub Sailor

Sad stories

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This book had some seriously sad stories in it. Some were pretty horrible. My wife wanted to read it, but I told her not to or she would have cried for days. Some were heart warming, but a lot were about dogs dying and some in some pretty horrible ways. I don't think I let my dog out of my sight for 3 days after reading this. The authors other book was much, much better.

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David M. Walsh

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Great book! I can totally relate to it....Jameson is a good writer....

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This is a wonderful collection. I like to keep a couple of ...