cover image The Short and Bloody History of Ghosts

The Short and Bloody History of Ghosts

John Farman. Lerner Publishing Group, $5.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-8225-0838-0

Readers encounter Seaman, the canine that accompanied the men who charted an inland route to the Pacific, in Dog of Discovery: A Newfoundland's Adventures with Lewis and Clark by Laurence Pringle, illus. by Meryl Henderson. Culled from ""every incident from [their] journals involving Seaman,"" Pringle's narrative details the expedition from conception to close (1803-1806). Informative sidebars, maps and photographs give readers a feel for the period.