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In 1892, in the town of Meaford, Ontario, Margaret Marshall Saunders was introduced to Beautiful Joe -a mongrel dog that had been cruelly mutilated by its owner. The author was inspired to write this true story to emphasize the plight of domestic animals everywhere. Upon publication, Beautiful Joe quickly became a Canadian classic, enchanting readers of all ages.Although Margaret Saunders relocated Beautiful Joe to a fictional town in Maine, readers know the story is actually based in Meaford, where a park and monument have been dedicated to the dog's memory.

One of the first animal viewpoint novels published in the US, Margaret Marshall SaundersAEs Beautiful Joe (1894) tells the story of an abused dog and his rescue by a humane family. This annotated, illustrated edition draws on archival collections to trace the novelAEs impact on the nineteenth-century animal protection movement.