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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.
- 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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