Compliments
Praise for DOG DAYS: Dispatches from Bedlam Farm (June 26, 2007)
Jon with the Labs "Anyone who loves animals or country life, but maybe can't have a pet or actually live in the country, will find Katz a perfect armchair companion."
— Publisher's Weekly  Starred Review
"Katz proves himself a Thoreau for modern times as he ponders the relationships between man and animals, humanity and nature, and the particularly smelly qualities of manure. "— Fort Worth Star -Telegram
"Katz maintains strong, often provocative
and sometimes unexpectedly humorous points of view — Dog
Days strikes a new, slightly more philosophical
chord.” — BookPage
"A must-read for all animal lovers." — Booklist
“There’s no denying that Jon Katz writes engagingly about animals….Anyone who has ever loved an animal, who owns a farm or even dreams of it, will read Dog Days with appreciation and a cathartic lump in his or her throat.”
— The Washington Post
“In the middle of it all is Katz himself, a genial, hardworking steward of his 110 acres and the animals who populate it….In late middle age, he had the conviction to do what many of us have imagined but will never do: sell the suburban cash cow we live in, and buy some real ones, way up north.”
— The New York Times Book Review
"Despite the book’s title, there’s more here than dog stories... An appealing text showing off an author who’s found his perfect genre. Readers can only hope these appealing and thoughtful dispatches will continue." — Kirkus Reviews
“Terrific….Dog Days makes you feel like he’s pouring his heart out directly to
you without being insipid about it, or too self-effacing. Katz constructs the perfect blend between self-revelation and his subtle brand of humor while
reporting lovingly on life on his Bedlam Farm.” — The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
“Dog Days is perfectly satisfying….Katz’s book is like going to a
bed-and-breakfast at the Peaceable Kingdom.”
— The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada)
“I toss a lifetime award of three liver snaps to Jon Katz” — Maureen Corrigan, National Public Radio’s Fresh Air
Past Praises
On Katz's Writing on Dogs:
“Jon Katz understands dogs as few others do, intuitively and unburdened by sentimentality. His keen insights cut to the heart of the human-pet relationship—its immense joys and painful sorrows. With wisdom and grace, he unlocks the canine soul and the complicated wonders that lie within and offers powerful insights to anyone who has ever struggled with, and loved, a troubled animal.” — John Grogan, author of Marley & Me
On A Good Dog: The Story of Orson, Who Changed My Life:
“4 stars…Katz deftly illuminates what we love about dogs without being mawkish…This book is a testimony to Katz’s pragmatic devotion to turning a basically good dog into a better one.”
— New York Post
On The Dogs of Bedlam Farm: An Adventure with Sixteen Sheep, Three Dogs, Two Donkeys, and Me:
“Katz’s world—of animals and humans and their combined generosity of
spirit—is a place you’re glad you’ve been.”
— The Boston Globe
“An inspiring portrait of the human-animal bond, The Dogs of Bedlam Farm traverses an emotional terrain that ranges from embattled spirit to celebratory energy. And it made me a Katz fan for life.”
— The Seattle Times
On The New Work of Dogs:
“[Katz] writes with sensitivity about human relationships with animals.”
— Time
“Humorous, compelling, and heartrending, this is a breakthrough book from
one of our most talented and perceptive canine chroniclers.”
— AKC Gazette
On A Dog Year:
“The adventures described in A Dog Year are the stuff of great fiction….Part cautionary tale, part love story, A Dog Year reminds us that adopting a pet is a massive responsibility but one that
rewards the owner with a much richer, more meaningful life.”
— Los Angeles Times
“This gentle book is a great reminder—as if anybody needed one—of what animals
can mean to people at particular times in life.”
—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |
