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Author:

Montalván, Luis Carlos, author.

Title:

Tuesday's promise : one veteran, one dog, and their bold quest to change lives / by former U.S. Army Captain Luis Carlos Montalvan and Ellis Henican.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

459 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Montalván, Luis Carlos.
Service dogs--United States.
Golden retriever--United States.
Human-animal relationships--United States.
People with disabilities--Services for--United States.
Disabled veterans--United States--Biography.
Iraq War, 2003-2011--Veterans--United States--Biography.
Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--United States--Biography.
Large type books.

Other Authors:

Henican, Ellis, co-author.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Hachette Books, 2017.

Contents:

Introduction: High flier -- Part I. Road warriors -- Part II. Will and desire -- New Year's resolution -- Telling Papá -- Going in -- Under the knife -- Moving out -- El Paso -- Getting fitted -- Dog fight -- Try on -- Test drive -- Part III. Paws forward -- Older and wiser -- Successor dog -- Special delivery -- Mad dash -- Homecoming -- Conclusion: Friends forever -- Afterword.

Summary:

"As former U.S. Army captain Montalván recounted in Until Tuesday, upon returning home from Iraq he was rescued from pain and post-traumatic stress disorder by golden retriever Tuesday. That memoir sold 300,000 copies, so expect good things from this account of how he and Tuesday take healing to the larger veteran community"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs

ISBN:

1432840398 (hardcover : large print)
9781432840396 (hardcover : large print)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)983825712

LCCN:

2017016380

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)