The Wild Dogs of Edmonton, Obviously, There Were Two

"Grew, David [info]; Segner, Ellen (illustrator) [info]. The wild dog of Edmonton. New York: David McKay Co, 1946.

Physical description: 198 p., illus.; 22 cm.

Language: English

Also published, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, c1946 (198p.); New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c1946 ([10], 198p.); New York: Junior Literary Guild, c1946. Dwight, a young orphan working on a farm, and his dog Whitepaw, travel the 150 miles south to Edmonton in the winter, with adventures and struggle both in the country and the city, where Whitepaw becomes famous. The sequel, Whitepaw goes north: An Arctic adventure (New York: David McKay Co., 1948) begins and ends in Edmonton but extends far into the Arctic."

Most of this popular legend and story, actually, originated (early 1930s), about a feral dog, claimed to be mostly wolf, that for several years roamed through; and raided, the farms and neighbourhoods located along Edmonton's North Saskatchewan river valley, from the High Level to Dawson Bridges..The dog is mentioned in the old Edmonton Story series--the author also a newscaster; Although I have been unable to so confirm through the internet, I believe, CJCA, and that his name was Tony Cashman.
This dog later became a pet of the Girvan family(mostly my father)and is buried in the river bank (adjacent to what is now the ninth hole of Riverside Golf Course. Then in the late 1940s, ther was a team of dogs being raced, mostly on the then cut-off road that ran from Princess Elizabeth Avenue to 111th Ave. (near the then Edmonton Airport). They were claimed to be the fastest racing team of dogs in the word; but the only thing wild about them was that they were all, pure-bred Irish Setters.