![]() Lee Scott lives and walks his dog in Avondale. The bulk of the story tells of her escape and the hardships she endured as she heads back to Joe.Ī tale of "loyalty and devotion, of bravery and determination" that, although written 75 years ago, stands the test of time. Eventually, the duke shipped Lassie off to faraway Scotland. Despite strenuous efforts to the contrary, every day she escaped and headed for the school. ![]() When the family fell on hard times, the father was forced to sell Lassie to a rich duke who lived on a nearby estate. Every day when school let out she would be waiting to escort young Joe Carraclough home. "Every man in the village agreed she was the finest collie he had ever laid eyes on." She could also tell time. ![]() I look at her, laugh and say: "What is it, honey, is Timmy in the well?")Īuthor Eric Knight, a native Englishman who came to the United States as a teenager and died fighting in World War II, wrote only one novel, a story of a collie and her northern England family, the Carracloughs. A remake of Lassie Come Home, entitled Lassie, was released in 2005. 2 The motion picture was selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry. Every time my little dog starts trying to tell me what to do. The book author, Eric Knight, spent his childhood in Yorkshire, where the story is based as well as a beginning and the end of the plot. In 1943, the novel was adapted to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film Lassie Come Home starring Roddy McDowall as the boy Joe Carraclough, Pal as Lassie, and featuring Elizabeth Taylor. ![]() Regardless of whether we had read the book, thanks to the overwhelmingly popular 1960s television series, Lassie became part of our lives. For those of us of an age, "Lassie Come-Home" is the quintessential dog story. ![]()
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