Terhune << tehr HYOON >>, Albert Payson (1872-1942), an American writer, was best known for his stories about dogs, particularly collies. His dog stories include Lad: A Dog (1919), Bruce (1920), and Lad of Sunnybank (1928). He also wrote two autobiographical books, Now That I’m Fifty (1924) and To the Best of My Memory (1930). He collaborated with his mother in writing Dr. Dale—A Story Without a Moral (1900).
Terhune was born on Dec. 21, 1872, in Newark, New Jersey. As a boy, he learned woodlore and how to handle and understand dogs. He learned to love writing from his mother, a popular novelist. He graduated from Columbia University. He worked for the New York Evening World until he was able to give all his time to writing. He died on Feb. 18, 1942.
