"Blackface" is a very wise dog. He describes his world between 1930 and 1945 with his master, "Boy". The locale is Massachusetts: Maynard, Acton, Concord, Littleton, Boston, Brookline, Newton, Andover, Nantucket, and Cobleskill, NY and Sebago Lake, Maine. "Blackface" is the main character and the author who lived sixteen years. His often plain-spoken words are transcribed and commented-on by his master Eldon LaCroix. They grew up together in Episcopal rectories and the tale throws perceptive light on the ministry, love, divorce, fatherhood, and the whimsical foibles of a growing boy. It is obviously based on true events but has been altered and expanded to make it fiction. You the reader are left to sort out the truth.

Everything is seen from sixteen inches off the ground and related to a dog's needs, senses, and sense of importance. There is a running conversation between dog and master as the latter writes down what "Blackface" tells him. At the end, there is a summary of the extraordinary cultural and technological changes that occurred in Blackface's time.

Adults should enjoy the fun of recalling events in their own lives as seen by "Blackface". Children should find the same activities delightful, strange, and instructive – good material for back-and-forth talks with parents and grandparetns.

The book was "edited" by architect Eason Cross.