First Dog on Earth, Irv Weinberg
First Dog on Earth, Irv Weinberg
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First Dog on Earth

Author: Irv Weinberg

Narrator: Steve Corona

Unabridged: 7 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/22/2020


Synopsis

At the dawn of civilization, a wolf dog befriends an old hunter and revives his alpha powers among his human tribe. Together with the animal’s pack, they discover a new way of life—a shared odyssey of survival and trust that grows into the most successful partnership the Earth has ever known, changing dogs and humans forever.

The pack led by Oohma encounters the first humans they have ever seen—Ish the old hunter, Lut the gifted young medicine woman and Hun the brutal tribe leader whose jealousy forces him out of the tribe.

This is the poetic story of how civilization progresses all because of the abilities the dogs bring the tribe. Set against the ancient Chauvet Cave in France with its remarkable cave art and the footprints of a small boy and his dog as they walk together side by side as companions not prey.

How does the greatest love story in history begin? With a leap into the unknown, as told in First Dog on Earth.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanne on September 18, 2024

Very old Kindle First Reads. A Stone Age tribe 30,000 years ago and the wolves who domesticate themselves. Informative, if incredibly far fetched that basically three or four people in one tribe at the same time invent bread, arable farming, bows and arrows, drums and stringed instruments, all becau......more

Goodreads review by Kristin on October 31, 2020

I read 24 books a year. This is my all-time favorite. It is literary poetry and a gorgeous portrayal of the bond of dogs and humans, and how each innovated and domesticated with the other. My next dog will be named Oohma. Oohma saved Ish and created a new "pack". Irv Weinberg is a prolific writer wh......more

Goodreads review by Janet on February 04, 2021

What an awesome story!! I relished every bit of this book, and did not want it to end!! Fascinating story of quite possibly how man and dogs connected!!......more

Goodreads review by Weeva, on October 28, 2020

This is a family friendly book that will appeal to adults and children. In short, evocative and rhythmic language, Weinberg casts a spell that takes you back to the dawn of time when the first wolf-dogs chose us to be their companions. That's right - we didn't choose them, they chose us. Comes in thr......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on October 27, 2020

One of those stories you can’t put down.......more