"A dog alone was no better than a dead dog." Mr. Bones' master, Willy G. Christmas, is dying and has been preparing his best friend for this eventuality. "Unless Mr. Bones found another master in one quick hurry, he was a pooch primed for oblivion." So Willy undertakes "the Chesapeake Gambit; an eleventh hour ploy to kill two birds with one stone" - find new digs for his furry companion and wrap up his own affairs and make sure his manuscripts were left in safe hands. In Baltimore, he searches for Bea Swanson, his high school English teacher, with whom he has not contact for seventeen years. He is at least partially successful. Mr. Bones goes through several owners and names...and ultimately chooses Willy over the vagaries of life. This is a heartwarming book that walks the tightrope of anthropomorphism with amazing success.
"Only out of stubbornness are great things born."
"To leave the world a little better than you found it. That's the best a man can ever do."
" Dog - the lowest being contained within his name the power of the highest being, the almighty artificer of all things."
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