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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148648703321

Autore

Weintraub Robert

Titolo

No better friend : a man, a dog, and their incredible true story of friendship and survival in World War II / / Robert Weintraub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Little Brown & Company, , [2018]

©2016

ISBN

0-316-34466-4

0-316-34464-8

Edizione

[Young readers edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 291 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

940.5472520929

Soggetti

Dogs - War use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-288).

Sommario/riassunto

Tells the incredible true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger-warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and, later, protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great recently uncovered stories of World War II.