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From Stray Dog to World War I Hero The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division / Grant Hayter-Menzies ; foreword by Pen Farthing ; introduction by Paul E. Funk II.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hayter-Menzies, Grant, 1964-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rags (Dog).
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 1st.
United States.
Working dogs--United States--Biography.
Working dogs.
Dogs--War use--United States--History--20th century.
Dogs.
World War, 1914-1918--Dogs.
World War, 1914-1918.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (216 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Manufacture:
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
Place of Publication:
Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
On the streets of Paris one day in July 1918, an American doughboy, Sgt.Jimmy Donovan, befriended a stray dog that he named Rags.No longer an unwanted street mutt, Rags became the mascot to the entire First Division of the American Expeditionary Force and a friend to the American troops who had crossed the Atlantic to fight.
Contents:
Prologue: Aspin Hill, March 1936
Part I. Gutter pup
The hill of Mars
A dog's life
War dog
A match made in hell
Last battle
Part II. Days of peace
New world
Family
Governors Island
Fame
Old warrior
The dog that had a soul
War hero.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-61234-794-0
OCLC:
926049230

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