JACK RUSSELL AND HIS TERRIERS. By "Dan Russell."

(1979) 1999 new edition. 8vo paperback (135 x 210mm). Pp117. B/w photographs.

The author of this book, the well-known breeder, judge and authority on working terriers, who writes under the pseudonym "Dan Russell", has set out to sort fact from fiction and to round off the portrait of a man who has already become a legendary figure - the North Devon clergyman, John Russell. This book is also the story of the famous terriers whose name is associated with Russell, and the personalities, Arthur Heinemann amongst them, who were to do so much to ensure the continuity and development of the breed in its own right. This edition published to celebrate the 25th Aniversary of the Jack Russell Terrier Club of Great Britain. Chapters include: Part one, Jack Russell - Youth; Ordained; To Swymbridge; Black Torrington. Part two, The Terriers - The beginning; Arthur Heinemann; The present day; The young entry; Terrier shows.