<p><b>Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night kept this poch from his appointed rounds!</b> <br><br>Back in the 1880s, when the Old West boomed with the rush for gold and silver, the miners of Calico, California, needed a mail carrier they could count on. And they found him in a Border collie named Dorsey. Based on the true story of the most celebrated canine mail carrier in U.S. history, <i>Calico Dorsey</i> tells the tale of a winsome stray who found both a home and a calling on the mining trails of the Old West.<br><br>An Author's Note includes a photograph of the real-life Dorsey, as well as historical information about the dog and the mining town he called home. </p>
