After graduating from Cambridge Latin School in Massachusetts, Mr. He moved to the United States as a teenager. Will she survive the hardships of the long journey and the various dangers along the way? Based on the author's own childhood memories and filled with adventure and suspense, Lassie Come-Home - Eric Knight's best-loved novel and a huge best-seller, famously adapted into a 1943 Hollywood movie - is a timeless classic and one of the greatest dog stories ever written.Ĭontributor Bio(s): Knight, Eric: - Eric Knight was born in 1897 in Yorkshire, England, the countryside that was the background for Lassie Come-Home. Undeterred by the distance and driven by instinctive love, Lassie escapes from her new owners and embarks on an epic journey to be reunited with her young master Joe. But when the family falls on hard times, Sam is forced to sell his dog to the Duke of Rudling, who takes her hundreds of miles away to his estate in Scotland. Everyone in the Yorkshire town of Greenall Bridge knows Lassie, the prize collie of miner Sam Carraclough and his son Joe.

Presented here with illustrations by Gary Blythe and an extra section for young readers. Lassie Come-Home is one of the best-loved dog stories in the world. Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Survival Stories Contributor(s): Knight, Eric (Author), Blythe, Gary (Illustrator)īinding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions

Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight