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Name: Desert Dog
Author: Jim Kjelgaard

After his master dies, a champion greyhound chooses the freedom of the desert where his ready intellect is continually challenged in the battle against thirst, hunger, and natural enemies.

First publish date: 1956

Authors: Jim Kjelgaard

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