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Author:

Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- author.

Title:

Innocent heroes : stories of animals in the first World War / Sigmund Brouwer.

Publisher:

Tundra Booksa division of Random House of Canada Limited, a Penguin Random House Company,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

ix, 198 pages : illustrations, photographs, facsimiles ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Animals--War use--Fiction.
Human-animal relationships--Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918--Canada--Fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Little Abigail.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Boomer.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Coal Dust.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Tomato.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Leo.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Charlie.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Biscotte.
Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959- Louise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Little Abigail -- Boomer -- Coal Dust -- Tomato -- Leo -- Charlie -- Biscotte -- Louise.

Summary:

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 of the battle of Vimy Ridge to Canadians then and now (From book jacket).

ISBN:

1101918462
9781101918463

LCCN:

bl2017004814

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

VKPE334 -- Oelwein Public Library (Oelwein)