J. Allen Boone (1882- ) was an author of several books about nonverbal communication with animals in the 1940s and '50s. He wrote much on his friendship with Strongheart, a film star-German shepherd, who he credits with teaching him how to achieve deeper bonds through extrasensory perception, a "silent language" that can be learned.

Boone was an early film producer and correspondent for the Washington Post. His friendships in Hollywood lead to his care-taking of Strongheart.

Works

• Letters to Strongheart (Prentice-Hall, inc., 1939; Robert H Sommer , 1977, ISBN 0933062192; Tree of Life Publications , 1999, ISBN 0930852346)
• You are the adventure! (Prentice-Hall, inc., 1943; Robert H Sommer , 1977, ISBN 0933062206)
• Kinship with All Life (Harper and Row , 1954; HarperCollins, 1976, ISBN 0060609125)
• Language of Silence : Heartwarming True Experiences That Reveal a Wonderful World of Communication Between Human Beings and Animals edited by Paul and Blanche Leonard , (Harpercollins, 1970, ISBN 0060609117; Harper & Row , 1976, ISBN 0060609133), republished, with editing by Bianca Leonardo , as Adventures in Kinship with All Life (Tree of Life Publications, 1990, ISBN 0930852087; 3rd edition, 1990, ISBN 0930852273)

External links

• The Envelope Please… Featuring: Dawn Baumann Brunke
• "Communicating With Insects" by Bill Schul , Ph.D. (discusses Boone's friendship with a housefly)