The World Around Us
#1 - The Illustrated Story of Dogs
(September 1958)
Gilberton,
1958 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1958-09-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
A Classics Illustrated Publication
- Editing
- Roberta Strauss
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1958 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Illustrated Story of Dogs
The World Around Us / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
-
in Unsere Welt Illustrierte (BSV - Williams, 1961 series) #6 -
in Wereld in beeld (Classics/Williams, 1960 series) #6 - Honden (1960) -
in Alt i bilder (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1960 series) #6 - Om hunder ([1960]) -
in The World Around Us (Jack Lake Productions Inc., 2011 series) #W1 ([October] 2012) [cover]
-
The Illustrated Story of Dogs
The World Around Us / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Moustache
Heroic Dogs / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Moustache
- Synopsis
- True story of Moustache, a black poodle who took
part in Napoleon's campaigns - Reprints
Balto
Heroic Dogs / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Balto
- Synopsis
- True story of Balto, a husky sled dog who trekked
six hundred miles through a blizzard to deliver a
diptheria vaccine.
Indexer Notes
Adapted into an animated motion picture, in 1995,
by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment
Bob of Carmel
Heroic Dogs / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Bob of Carmel
- Synopsis
- True story of Bob of Carmel, a courageous German
shepherd - Reprints
How the Dog Began
The Illustrated Story of Dogs / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. Hart] (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. Hart] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Dogs of War / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. H.] (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. H.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Chips
Dogs of War / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Chips
- Synopsis
- True story of Chips, the son of a husky and a collie-German shepherd cross, who was chosen to
lead the first K-9 detachment to cross the Atlantic Ocean during the Allied invasion of
Africa during World War II
Andy
Dogs of War / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Andy
- Synopsis
- True story of Andy, a Doberman Pinscher who served as a scout dog on the Solomon Islands in
World War II
Peefka
Dogs of War / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Peefka
- Synopsis
- True story of Peefka, a German shepherd who led
infantry patrols through the Italian mountains in
World War II
Sandy
Dogs of War / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. H.] (signed)
- Inks
- Ernie Hart [as E. H. H.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Sandy
- Synopsis
- True story of Sandy, a big, black German shepherd who served as a messenger dog with the marines in the New Britain campaign in the Pacific in World War II.
- Reprints
Bruce
Dogs of War / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Bruce; Silver
- Synopsis
- True story of Bruce and Silver, two German shepherds who saved two American soldiers in a
foxhole, on Luzon in the Philippine Islands during
World War II
Working Dogs
Breeds / text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- St. Bernard; German Shepherd; Boxer; Alaskan
Malemute; Great Dane; Doberman Pinscher; Collie;
Eskimo - Reprints
Sporting Dogs
Breeds / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever; Golden Retriever; English Setter; Irish Setter; Pointer
- Reprints
Hounds
Breeds / text article / 3 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Saluki; Dachshund; Basset; Beagle; Bloodhound;
Afghan Hound; Irish Wolfhound; Greyhound - Reprints
Terriers
Breeds / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Wire-haired Fox Terrier; Smooth-haired Fox Terrier; Bedlington; Sealyham; Airedale
- Reprints
Toy Dogs
Breeds / text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Pekingese; Poodle; Long-haired Chihuahua; Mexican
Hairless; Pomeranian - Reprints
Non-Sporting Dogs
Breeds / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Keeshond; Chow-Chow; Dalmatian
- Reprints
The Far Frontiers
Dogs of Peace / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Balto; Jack the Giant Killer
- Synopsis
- The story of sled dogs used in polar expeditions
by explorers like Admiral Richard Byrd and Roald
Amundsen - Reprints
Dog Paratroopers
Dogs of Peace / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Lux
- Synopsis
- Story of Lux (a German shepherd), the first dog paratrooper in history
- Reprints
Their Human Friends
The Illustrated Story of Dogs / filler / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Diamond; Sir Isaac Newton; Bounce; Alexander Pope;
Maida; Sir Walter Scott; General George Washington - Synopsis
- Stories of Diamond, Sir Isaac Newton's spaniel;
Bounce, Alexander Pope's Great Dane; Maida, Sir
Walter Scott's hound; etc. - Reprints
Their Animal Friends
The Illustrated Story of Dogs / filler / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Princess, a German shepherd; Ginger, a fox terrier; Noble, a St. Bernard
You and Your Dog
The Illustrated Story of Dogs / text article / 7 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Tips on care (housebreaking, feeding, grooming,
housing, traveling, having a family), training, and tricks
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Illustrated Story of Dogs
The World Around Us -
1.
The Illustrated Story of Dogs
The World Around Us -
2.
Moustache
Heroic Dogs -
3.
Balto
Heroic Dogs -
4.
Bob of Carmel
Heroic Dogs -
5.
How the Dog Began
The Illustrated Story of Dogs -
6.
[no title indexed]
Dogs of War -
7.
Chips
Dogs of War -
8.
Andy
Dogs of War -
9.
Peefka
Dogs of War -
10.
Sandy
Dogs of War -
11.
Bruce
Dogs of War -
12.
[untitled]
Canine Clippings -
13.
Working Dogs
Breeds -
14.
Sporting Dogs
Breeds -
15.
Hounds
Breeds -
16.
Terriers
Breeds -
17.
Toy Dogs
Breeds -
18.
Non-Sporting Dogs
Breeds -
19.
Dog Diagram
The Illustrated Story of Dogs -
20.
The Far Frontiers
Dogs of Peace -
21.
Dog Paratroopers
Dogs of Peace -
22.
Guide to the Blind
Dogs of Peace -
23.
Their Human Friends
The Illustrated Story of Dogs -
24.
Their Animal Friends
The Illustrated Story of Dogs -
25.
You and Your Dog
The Illustrated Story of Dogs -
26.
How Would Your Dog Rate You?
The Illustrated Story of Dogs
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Jan Roar Hansen
- Mike Nielsen
- Tanya Schuehle
- Jim Stangas
- Karl Wilcox
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