Should this site inspire an in-depth study of Basquaerie Great Pyrenees history or Great Pyrenees breed history, a highly recommended book is THE GREAT PYRENEES, Mary Crane, Third Edition, 1949.
This edition of Crane is as comprehensive, authoritative, and historically well illustrated as any dog breed history book ever written. This is an indispensable book for the Great Pyrenees bookcase.
When this book is read and reread, one can begin to grasp the enormity of what Mary Crane did to establish and preserve the Great Pyrenees breed in America, and why her dedication to the Great Pyrenees is truly remarkable.
When you read this book you are on a virtual journey with Mary Crane as she visits the important Pyrenees kennels in Europe and establishes the breed in the United States.
The photographic journey and pictorial record she so generously provided for Pyrenees posterity are unrivaled by any other author.
Mary, always forthright in conversation, is forthright and visually descriptive as she tours the kennels of France and Belgium and meets the breeders and exhibitors of that era.
This edition features 680 pages, numerous illustrations, and two large fold-out charts so important for an in-depth study of the breed.
The first fold-out is "The Offspring of Am. Ch. Urdos de Soum", and the second fold-out is "The Offspring of the Two Famous Imported Brothers", namely Estat and Estagel.
And this edition has "The Family" photograph as the illustration for the dust jacket, the famous Great Pyrenees photograph with its own interesting little history.
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The famous Great Pyrenees family photograph
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A striking blue and white colorized image of this photograph
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was featured on the dust jacket of the Crane Third Edition.
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The other two editions of the Crane book were published in 1941 and 1936. All three editions are long out-of-print. All three editions are exceptional dog breed history books by any measure; the Third Edition is recommended as it is the most comprehensive and more readily available of the three Crane editions in the antiquarian marketplace. Also, this Crane edition has been reprinted.
