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Author:
Barrow, Will, Flight Sergeant, author.
Title:
Buster : the military dog who saved a thousand lives / RAF Police Flight Sergeant Will Barrow, as told to Isabel George
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publisher:
Thomas Dunne Books,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
255 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Buster,--approximately 2004-
Dogs--War use--Afghanistan.
Detector dogs--Afghanistan.
Human-animal relationships.
Great Britain.--Squadron, No. 5--Squadron, No. 5--Biography.
Soldiers--Great Britain--Biography.
Spaniels--Biography.
Afghan War, 2001---Personal narratives, British.
PETS / Dogs / General.
HISTORY / Military / General.
Other Authors:
George, Isabel.
Summary:
""With some dogs you share a boil in the bag breakfast and maybe a blanket on a cold desert floor. Some you wouldn't leave in charge of your Grandma unless you wanted to find out just how fast the old girl could run. But, if you're very, very lucky therewill be the one dog you would lay down your life for - and for me that dog is Buster." Buster, an English springer spaniel who has served his comrades and his country with unstinting devotion, has saved thousands of lives. This is the story of his partnership with RAF Police Sergeant Will Barrow, told by Will himself, describing how each came to save the other's life. It is a relationship that produced some heroic feats--including sniffing out explosive vests that led to the arrests of two suicide bombers--in the dust and desert heat of Afghanistan and beyond. Buster, uniquely, has served five tours of duty in three theatres of war (Bosnia, Iraq, and Afghanistan)--more than any other military dog. He also won the prestigious Crufts Friends for Life Awardin 2012, and has gone on to become the official lifetime mascot of the RAF Police, the only dog in history to have been honored in that manner. A best friend in dog's clothing, an RAF dog with his mossy feet firmly on the ground, Buster is truly a dog ina million"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
1250076463 : HRD
9781250076465 : HRD
LCCN:
2015025029
Locations:
TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)
HMPB845 -- Boyden Public Library (Boyden)
OCPA943 -- Clare Public Library (Clare)
VTPD454 -- Cresco Public Library (Cresco)
DUPB413 -- Kanawha Public Library (Kanawha)
ZKPC437 -- Logan Public Library (Logan)
HBPB755 -- Merrill Public Library (Merrill)
CNPC792 -- Montezuma Public Library (Montezuma)
ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)
HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
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