Beautiful Joe: 110th Anniversary EditionIn 1892, Margaret Marshall Saunders was introduced to Beautiful Joe a mongrel dog that had been cruelly mutilated by its owner. She was inspired to write this award winning true story which was the first book in Canada to sell over 1,000,000 copies. Although she set the story in a fictional town in Maine, readers know the story is actually based in Meaford, Ontario where a park, a monument, and the Beautiful Joe Heritage Society are dedicated to the