Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog BOOK OVERVIEW

Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog

Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog is a book written by Kitty Burns Florey. The book was published in 2006 and is listed under the Literary Collections category. For readers who want to quickly understand what this title offers, this page gives a clear overview of the book, including its description, author information, page count, ratings, and ISBN details.

The full title of the book is Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog. When available, the subtitle is The Quirky History and Lost Art of Diagramming Sentences, which gives extra context about the theme, focus, or main idea behind the book. According to the available description, In this illustrated personal history, Kitty Burns Florey explores the rise and fall of sentence diagramming, including its invention by a mustachioed man named Brainerd ‘Brainy’ Kellogg and his wealthy accomplice Alonzo Reed – the inferior ‘balloon diagram’ predecessor – and what diagrams of sentences by Hemingway, Welty, Proust, Kerouac and other famous writers reveal about them. Florey also answers some of literature’s most pressing questions: Was Mark Twain or James Fenimore Cooper a better grammarian? What are the silliest grammar rules?

This book has 154 pages, making it useful for readers who want to know the approximate length before starting. It has an average rating of 3.59, based on 678 ratings, which can help readers understand how other people have responded to it.

For cataloging and reference purposes, the ISBN-13 is 9781933633107, while the ISBN-10 is 1933633107. These numbers are helpful when searching for the exact edition of the book online, in libraries, or in bookstores.

The book cover image can be viewed here: http://books.google.com/books/content?id=LItiAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api.

Overall, Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog by Kitty Burns Florey is a title that may interest readers looking for books in Literary Collections. Whether you are researching new books, comparing editions, or building a reading list, this page gives you the most important details in one place.