Alfred Ollivant's Bob, Son of Battle ─ The Last Gray Dog of Kenmuir

On the border of Scotland and England beginning in 1898, two sheep farmers and their sheepdogs engage in a years-long battle to prove their superiority in handling sheep--a battle which must end in death.

Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927) was an English novelist best known for his first book, the children’s classic Bob, Son of Battle. Born in Nuthurst, Sussex, he became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. In addition to Bob, Son of Battle and its sequel, Danny, Ollivant wrote roughly a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical epics. He was also a short-story contributor to The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript.

Lydia Davis is the author of several works of fiction, including Break It Down, The End of the Story, and Samuel Johnson Is Indignant. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis was published as a single volume in 2009.

Marguerite Kirmse (1885-1954) was a British illustrator known for her etchings of animals, especially dogs. She published two books of canine drawings: Dogs (1930) and her magnum opus, Dogs in the Field (1935).