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    It Shouldn't Happen (to a Dog)
    It Shouldn't Happen (to a Dog)
    It Shouldn't Happen (to a Dog)
    Ebook189 pages11 minutes

    It Shouldn't Happen (to a Dog)

    By Don Freeman and Todd DePastino

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    Army life didn't agree with GI Albert C. Bedlington, Jr. He felt like he was always crawling on all fours, and one day when the very thing he'd feared for months finally happened — he had become a dog! The fellas all recognized him, so he carried on as usual, going on a furlough, visiting the USO, getting in and out of trouble, and serving with the K-9 corps.
    Recounted chiefly in winsome illustrations, this fantasy was written and drawn by Don Freeman, author of Corduroy and other children's books. His witty and unusual take on World War II–era life among the enlisted men and on the home front was hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer as a "fantastic and captivating story" and by the Chicago Tribune as "wonderful fun."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateSep 15, 2014
    ISBN9780486798929
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      This is a reprint of an adult book first published in 1945. I love Don Freeman as a children's writer/artist and just had to give this a read. It is a political satire/treatise on the racism and segregation he found rampant when he served in the army during WWII. Freeman is a black man and by turning his character into a dog he was able to tell a story he otherwise would not have been able to tell during at this time in American history. Even so, the book was highly controversial and received criticism. There is a very interesting introduction which explains all this and what the themes and symbols of the story are. It is good for its historical value but otherwise, without having read the introduction, I wouldn't have clued into the deeper meaning.

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    It Shouldn't Happen (to a Dog) - Don Freeman

    IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN

    (TO A DOG)

    IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN

    (TO A DOG)

    Don Freeman

    FOREWORD BY

    TODD DEPASTINO

    DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

    MINEOLA, NEW YORK

    The Publisher would like to thank Roy Freeman for the use of the illustrations in the Foreword.

    Copyright

    Foreword to the Dover Edition Copyright © 2014

    by Todd DePastino

    All rights reserved.

    Bibliographical Note

    It Shouldn’t Happen (to a Dog) is an unabridged republication of It Shouldn’t Happen—, originally published in 1945 by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. Todd DePastino has supplied a new Foreword to this edition.

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Freeman, Don, 1908-1978.

    [It shouldn’t happen]

    It shouldn’t happen (to a dog) / Don Freeman ; foreword by Todd DePastino.

         pages cm

    Summary: Recounted chiefly in winsome illustrations, this fantasy of a GI who’s transformed into a dog offers a witty take on WWII-era life among soldiers and on the home front. Wonderful fun. — Chicago Tribune— Provided by publisher.

    eISBN-13: 978-0-486-78210-2

     1. American wit and humor, Pictorial. 2. United States. Army—Military life—History—20th century—Pictorial works. I. DePastino, Todd, writer of supplementary textual content. II. Title.

    NC1429.F6677A4 2014

    741.5’6973—dc23

    2014018925

    Manufactured in the United States by Courier Corporation

    78210701   2014

    www.doverpublications.com

    Contents

    Foreword

    what happened to

    A Three day Pass

    That might at the USO

    The Parade

    The Decision

    The Furlough Train

    Arrival in New York

    Meanwhile In Washington DC

    Back In New York

    Home

    Back To Camp

    Joining up

    Enter– the Senator

    Foreword to the Dover Edition

    At a glance, this first publication since 1945 of Don Freeman’s It Shouldn’t Happen—a book the cartoonist Seth has called an important signpost on the way to the ‘graphic novel’—might seem of interest only to antiquarians or aficionados of comics history. But this book about the adventures of a young man drafted into

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