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Author:

Letts, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

The perfect horse : the daring mission to free the Nazis' equine master race / Elizabeth Letts.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

369 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--United States.
World War, 1939-1945--Commando operations--Hostou.--Hostou.
Lipizzaner horse--Austria--History--20th century.
Arabian horse--Poland--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Germany.
Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria)--History--20th century.
Podhajsky, Alois.
World War, 1939-1945--Austria.
Reed, Charles Hancock,--1900-1980.
United States.--Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized, 2nd--Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized, 2nd--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the riveting true story of the valiant rescue of priceless pedigree horses in the last days of World War II. As the Russians closed in on Hitler from the east and the Allies attacked from the west, American soldiers discovered a secret Nazi effort to engineer a master race of the finest purebred horses. With the support of U.S. general George S. Patton, a passionate equestrian, the Americans planned an audacious mission to kidnap these beautiful animals and smuggle them into safe territoryassisted by a daring Austrian colonel who was both a former Olympian and a trainer of the famous Lipizzaner stallions.

ISBN:

0345544803 : HRD
9780345544803 : HRD

LCCN:

2016010501

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