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September 1940, as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Since losing her parents as a child, Susan Shepherd has raised homing pigeons with her grandfather, Bertie. All her birds are extraordinary to Susan, but none more so than Duchess, with whom she shares a special bond. When a young pilot named Ollie Evans travels to Britain to join the Royal Air Force, his quest brings him to the National Pigeon Service, where Susan...
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Tundra Books, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Provides fictional accounts of animals and their heroic exploits in World War I, including a dog who warns soldiers of a gas attack, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and a pigeon who saves an entire platoon. Stories are based on real-life animal war heroes. Through these stories, readers get a close-up look at life in the trenches of war, the bonds between soldiers and their animals, the First Nations contribution to the military and the significance...
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Publisher
Dead Reckoning
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From hauling munitions to finding mines, and even being captured by the enemy and traded in a PoW exchange, animals have fought-and often died-alongside their human counterparts in virtually every military conflict in recorded history. You've likely heard the stories of the men and women who've fought in the trenches, jungles, and deserts of the world's battlefields; Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat tells the stories of the animals who fought...
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