My Dog Skip
Latest updates about My Dog Skip, My Dog Skip is a 2000 film, directed by Jay Russell. It is based on the autobiographical book My Dog Skip by Willie Morris. The movie was released January 14, 2000.
My Dog Skip (Paperback):-
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Former Harper’s editor Morris presents a memoir of his small-town childhood in the 1940s and the dog who shared it with him.
From Library Journal
In 1943, nine-year-old Morris first met Skip, an English smooth-haired fox terrier puppy who immediately went to sleep in his arms. From that magical moment of connection (”I was an only child, and he now was an only dog”) until Morris left home to go to college, boy and dog were inseparable companions. In this sweetly sentimental if slight memoir, the author of New York Days (LJ 8/93) and North Toward Home (9/15/67) recalls growing up with Skip in the small, sleepy town of Yazoo, Mississippi. Unlike the other dogs Morris’s family had owned, Skip was special. He could play football, running the “Statue of Liberty” play, much to the amazement of spectators (”Look at that dog playin’ football!”). With a little assistance from Morris, Skip could drive a car (”Look at that ol’ dog drivin’ a car!”). He could run the 100-yard dash in 7.8 seconds, a world record for fox terriers. For anyone who has ever loved a dog, Morris’s loving tribute will be a delightful read.
–Wilda Williams, “Library Journal”
Publisher: Vintage; First Edition edition (January 30, 1996)
