The Irish Wolfhound in Books
updated 4/28/2010
Here are Books about Irish Wolfhounds, Books with Irish Wolfhounds as characters,
and Books that even just mention an Irish Wolfhound (or IW cross)
The original list consisted of fiction only, and was compiled by Diane Marston and 
Mary Toundas. It appeared in the Harp & Hound, 1999, Number 2.

Currently, it's a work in progress - send in your recommendations!

Lists are alphabetical by author

 

Reference, Breed Information, History 

  • IWCA Championship Studbook Pictorial - Dot Arn, Editor

  • Ierse Wolfshonden in Nederland 1911-1994 - Marjolijn Beltman & Trudy Zantingh

  • An Illustrated Study of The Irish Wolfhound - Jill R. Bregy

  • The Wolfhound Guide to the Irish Wolfhound - Muriel Monsell Bremner

  • The Irish Wolfhound Guide - Alfred W. DeQuoy

  • The Irish Wolfhound In Competition - Alfred W. DeQuoy

  • The Irish Wolfhound In Literature And Law - Alfred W. DeQuoy

  • Irish Wolfhound Saga: A Trilogy - Alfred W. DeQuoy

  • Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1956-1964 - Compiled and Edited by Brig. General Alfred W. DeQuoy, ret.

  • Modern Wolf and Irish Wolfhound Skeletons - Alfred W. DeQuoy

  • You And Your Irish Wolfhound - John A. K. Donovan

  • The Irish Wolfhound - Great Symbol Of Ireland - John A. K. Donovan

  • Fifty Years of Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1897-1955 - Compiled and edited by LeRoy E. Fess

  • The Irish Wolfhound - Phyllis Gardner & Delphis Gardner

  • Wolfhounds On Parade: A History of the Mascots of the Irish Guard - Martin Garrity & Holly Cook

  • The Irish Wolfhound (World of Dogs) - Linda Glover

  • The Irish Wolfhound - John Gordon

  • Irish Wolfhound Pedigrees 1859-1906 - Captain George Augustus Graham

  • Irish Regiments - R.G. Harris

  • THE IRISH WOLFDOG - Father Edmund Hogan, S.J. and THE IRISH WOLFHOUND - Captain Graham (Combined volume issued by the Irish Wolfhound Club of America and the Irish Wolfhound Club of Ireland, 1972).

  • Bill Siggers: He Whacked The Bloody Lot - Robert E. Heal

  • The Brabyns Handbook On Irish Wolfhounds - D.E.S. Hudson

  • Irish Wolfhound Registrations in America 1965-1975 - Compiled and Edited by Patricia K. Huntley

  • IRISH and ENGLISH Irish Wolfhound REGISTRATIONS 1882-1976 Compiled by Patricia K. Huntley, Edited by Lois J. Thomasson

  • Hutchinson on Sighthounds (Reprint of the sighthound sections of Hutchinson's Dog Encyclopedia) - Walter Hutchinson

  • Irish Wolfhound (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - Alice Kane and Cheryl A. Ertelt

  • A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland - Rawdon Briggs Lee (Chapter XI - The Irish Wolfhound)

  • Irish Wolfhound Champions, 1952-1987 – Camino Books, Inc.

  • Irish Wolfhound Champions, 1988-1994 - Camino Book Co. Staff (editor)

  • Irish Wolfhound Champions, 1995-2001 - Jan Linzy

  • Irish Wolfhound Champions, 2002-2007 - Jan Linzy, Sharae Pata, and Janae Pata

  • The Magnificent Irish Wolfhound - Mary McBryde (UK edition)

  • The Irish Wolfhound: Symbol of Celtic Splendor - Mary McBryde (US edition, different cover, same contents as above)

  • In Search of Ancient Ireland: The Origins of the Irish from Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English - Carmel McCaffrey

  • Irsk Ulvehund I Norge (Irish Wolfhound In Norway) – Anne Mette Mikkelsen & The Norwegian Irish Wolfhound Club

  • The Irish Wolfhound: A Collection of Photographs and Pedigrees, Ireland & UK 1950-1990 - Elizabeth C. Murphy

  • Raising, Showing and Breeding The Irish Wolfhound - Elizabeth C. Murphy

  • Dogs & Wild Dogs - National Geographic

  • Hounds On The Trail - Barbara J. Patten

  • Irish Wolfhounds - Beverly Pisano, Editor

  • Running Dogs - Or, Dogs That Hunt By Sight - The Early History, Origins, Breeding & Management Of Greyhounds, Whippets, Irish Wolfhounds, Deerhounds, Borzoi and Other Allied Eastern Hounds - Tony Read (Editor)

  • Irish Wolfhounds (Complete Pet Owner's Manual) - Nikki Riggsbee

  • The New Complete Irish Wolfhound - Joel Samaha

  • Mission Accomplished: The Life and Times Of Florence Nagle - Ferelith Somerfield

  • Breeds of Dogs, U.S.Department of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1491 - S. R. Speelman & J. O. Williams

  • The Complete Irish Wolfhound - Alma J. Starbuck

  • Irish Wolfhound Odyssey: In Search of Graham's Hound - Lois J. Thomasson

  • How To Raise And Train An Irish Wolfhound - Fredric & Margaret Westover

  • History For Celtic Hounds - Angeliek Wick

Children/Juvenile/Pre-Teen 

  • The Giant Little Golden Book of Dogs

  • What Happens In The Spring - Cathleen Costello Bier

  • 3 Rings: A Circus Book - Paul Brown

  • Crazy Quilt, Circus Pony - Paul Brown

  • Mick And Mac - Paul Brown

  • The Wanderers - Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • Horace, The Hound That Howled - Ruth M. Collins

  • Annie's Monster - Barbara Corcoran

  • Sam - Barbara Corcoran

  • The Mightiest Heart - Lynn Cullen

  • Paul And His Little-Big Dog - Kathy Darling

  • Because Of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo

  • My Little Book of Dogs - Delores Draper

  • Rumplestiltskin - retold & illustrated - Paul Galdone

  • To Catch A Tartar (later published as Nobody's Dog) - Lynn Hall

  • Look What Came From Ireland - Miles Harvey

  • Star, An Irish Wolfhound - Janet Rogers Howe

  • Mr & Mrs Buttons' Wonderful Watchdogs - "Janice"

  • Derry The Wolfhound - Margaret S. Johnson & Helen Lossing Johnson

  • Georgina And The Dragon - Lee Kingman

  • Mom, the Wolf-Man and Me - Norma Klein

  • Blackie & Marie - Marta Koci

  • My Little Golden Book of Dogs - Jean Lewis

  • Blue Ribbons For Juliet - Marilyn M. Lowery

  • The Witch Of Glen Gowrie - William MacKeller

  • Flame Over Tara - Madeline Polland

  • Three Ponies And Shannan - Diana Pullein-Thompson

  • The Minden Curse - Willo Davis Roberts

  • More Minden Curses - Willo Davis Roberts

  • The Bronze Pen - Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  • War Dog - Henry Treece

  • The Fox And The Hound - Walt Disney Book

  • Alphabestiary: Animal Poems From A To Z - Jane Yolen

Dog Stories

  • Boru - Dog of the O'Malley - Joseph Chipperfield

  • Finn The Wolfhound - A.J. Dawson

  • Jan, Son of Finn - A.J. Dawson

  • Gone Wild - J. Allan Dunn

  • The Odyssey Of Boru - J. Allan Dunn

  • Dragon: Hound of Honor - Julie Andrews Edwards and Emma Walton Hamilton

  • The Irish Wolfhound - James L. Graves

  • Barry - Thomas Hinkle

  • Bugle - Thomas Hinkle

  • Dusty - Thomas Hinkle

  • Gray, The Story Of A Brave Dog - Thomas Hinkle

  • Jube, Story Of A Trapper's Dog - Thomas Hinkle

  • Old Nick And Bob - Thomas Hinkle

  • Shag, The Story Of A Dog - Thomas Hinkle

  • Trueboy - The Story Of A Great Dog - Thomas Hinkle

  • Vic - Thomas Hinkle

  • Wolf, A Range Dog - Thomas Hinkle

  • Sight hound: a novel - Pam Houston

  • Wolfine, A Romance in Which a Dog Plays an Honorable Part – “X”

MYSTERIES

  • Bodies of Water - J.S. Borthwick

  • Bridled Groom - J.S. Borthwick

  • Dolly Is Dead - J.S. Borthwick

  • Student Body - J.S. Borthwick

  • Murder Off The Books (Sullivan Investigations series) - Evelyn David

  • Murder Takes The Cake (Sullivan Investigations series) - Evelyn David

  • Chestnut Mare, Beware - Jody Jaffe

  • Death Of A Doxy - Rex Stout

  • Murder For Treasure - David Williams

COLLECTIONS AND ESSAYS

  • Dog People: Writers and Artists on Canine Companionship - Series of Essays (includes Edward Albee on his IW, Harry)

  • The Hound Of Ireland And Other Stories - Donn Byrne

  • Dogs Of Destiny - Fairfax Downey

  • Many Dogs There Be - Walter Dyer (IW story: "Kilfane")

  • Real Dogs - Charles Wright Gray, Editor (IW story: "The Hound Of Ireland" - "The Hound Of Ireland" story has also been published privately in booklet form in 1978 by Dog Ink, NY)

  • Songs of Dogs - An Anthology Selected and Arranged by Robert Frothingham (IW poems: "Bran And The Bloody Tree" and "The Irish Wolfhound")

  • Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legends - Marie Heaney

  • Six Breeds - R. G. Kirk (IW story: "MacRonan")

  • True Stories Of Heroic Dogs - George Watson Little (IW story: "Trixie")

  • The Best of the First Ten Years of the Irish Wolfhound Quarterly - Gordon Millan

  • Cold Noses and Warm Hearts: Beloved Dog Stories By Great Authors - edited by Laurie Morrow

  • Give Us This Day - The Lord's Prayer - illus. by Tasha Tudor (an IW illustration within)

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Hound Of Heaven - Sarah Addington

  • Samantha (poem) - Edward Albee

  • Joy In The Morning - Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

  • 96 Hairy Paws - Jill Atkinson

  • The Wanderers - Elizabeth Coatsworth

  • Black Fox Of Lorne - Marguerite DeAngeli

  • The Seventh's Staghound - Fairfax Downey

  • Beastly Beatitudes Of Bathazar B - J.P. Dunleavey

  • The Ginger Man - J.P. Dunleavey

  • The Onion Eaters - J.P. Dunleavey

  • Property Of A Gentleman - Catherine Gaskin

  • East Of The Mountains - David Guterson

  • Bag Of Bones - Stephen King

  • Breathless - Dean Koontz

  • Finn MacCool - Morgan Llywelyn

  • Red Branch - Morgan Llywelyn

  • A Sword From Galway - Drayton Mayrant

  • Om, The Secret Of Ahbor Valley - Talbot Munday

  • Guardian of the Balance - Irene Radford

  • Guardian of the Trust - Irene Radford

  • Guardian of the Vision - Irene Radford

  • A Candle in the Wind - Mozelle Richardson (IW: "Cian")

  • Flight Into Danger - Alet Schouten

  • Now And Then - Jacqueline Sheehan

  • The High Deeds Of Finn MacCool - Rosemary Sutcliff & Michael Charlton

  • The Hound And The Falcon: Isle of Glass, The Golden Horn, The Hounds of God - Judith Tarr

  • Tarlach, Wolfhound Of Eire - Martha Van Loan

  • The Irish Wolfhound - A Dog Anthology (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)

  • Bran's Adventure In Ireland - Dr. Peggy Walsh

  • Waldorf - Grenville Williams

  • Child of the Northern Spring - Persia Woolley

  • Guinevere: The Legend In Autumn - Persia Woolley

  • Queen Of The Summer Stars - Persia Woolley

romance novels

  • Holdfast - John & Patricia Beatty

  • The Cliffs Of Night - Beatrice Brandon

  • Highland Velvet - Jude Deveraux

  • Gentle Warrior - Julie Garwood

  • Saving Grace - Julie Garwood

  • Promise Me Spring - Robin Hatcher

  • Tempted - Virginia Henley

  • Forbidden - Elizabeth Lowell

  • Born In Fire - Nora Roberts

  • Born In Ice - Nora Roberts

  • Born In Shame - Nora Roberts

  • The Bargain - Veronica Sattler

  • A Dangerous Longing - Veronica Sattler

  • Highland Fire - Veronica Sattler

  • Sabelle - Veronica Sattler

  • A Royal Connection - Margaret Summerville

Books by Andrew Greeley

  • An Occasion Of Sin

  • Angel Light

  • The Cardinal Virtues

  • Happy Are The Merciful

  • Irish Eyes

  • Irish Gold

  • Irish Lace

  • Irish Mist

  • Irish Whiskey

  • The Magic Cup

  • Irish Stew

  • Irish Tiger

  • Irish Crystal

  • Irish Cream

  • Irish Love

Here is the list in PDF format - print it out and take it along to the bookstores!

IW BOOKLIST

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