DESCRIPTION: Vintage paper cover children's chapter book. Like new. ISBN 0440946514. OVERVIEW: Without a doubt Lassie was the finest collie in all of Yorkshire. For three years the Duke of Rudling tried without success to buy the dog from her owner, Sam Carraclough. But hard times come and Sam was forced to sell her so that he could feed his family. Sam's boy, Joe, was heartbroken, and Lassie longed for her young master. Time and again she escaped and came home to Joe, only to be returned to the Duke by Sam. Then Lassie was taken to the Scottish Highlands. But she was undaunted and set out on a 400 mile journey over unfamiliar country to return to her beloved Joe. When the Duke finally realized that nothing could keep Lassie and the boy apart, he solved the problem in a way that brought happiness to all concerned.