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Beautiful Joe is an 1893 novel by Margaret Marshall Saunders which contributed to worldwide awareness of animal cruelty. The story is based on a dog of the same name from the town of Meaford, Ontario . The real Beautiful Joe was an Airedale-type dog. He was medium-sized, brown, and described as likely being part bull terrier and part fox terrier.
Beautiful Joe is a 2000 American-British film written and directed by Stephen Metcalfe. It stars Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly , with supporting roles by Ian Holm , Dann Florek , and Gil Bellows .
Jun 9, 2000 · Beautiful Joe: Directed by Stephen Metcalfe. With Sharon Stone, Billy Connolly, Gil Bellows, Jurnee Smollett. A bad girl becomes a con artist, gets into trouble with the mob and taps a nice-guy florist for help.
Dec 8, 2008 · BEAUTIFUL JOE is a real dog, and “Beautiful Joe” is his real name. He belonged during the first part of his life to a cruel master, who mutilated him in the manner described in the story.
The Morris family comes to his aid and carefully nurses the dog back to health, giving him the name, Beautiful Joe. Originally published in 1894, it is told from the perspective of Joe himself, who quickly finds that he is in the company of many other animals that the Morrises have saved from harm.
Margaret Marshall Saunders’s first-person – or ‘first-dog’ – narrative, Beautiful Joe: The Autobiography of a Dog (1893), was Canada’s first bestseller. A humanitarian campaigner, Saunders’s works represent cruelty and mistreatment to promote kindness towards all creatures.
Beautiful Joe tells the true story of a dog from Meaford, Ontario that had his ears and tail chopped off by an abusive owner as a puppy, but is rescued by...
