No better friend : one man, one dog, and their extraordinary story of courage and survival in WWII
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New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Edition
First Back Bay trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Parke Co PL - Rockville - Adult Non-Fiction | 355.424 WEI | On Shelf |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Biographies.
Dogs -- War use.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Mascots.
Human-animal relationships.
Judy -- (Dog)
Judy -- (Dog), -- 1936-1950.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain.
Prisoners of war -- Pacific Area.
Sailors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Williams, Frank, -- 1919-2003.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.
Dogs -- War use.
Great Britain. -- Royal Navy -- Mascots.
Human-animal relationships.
Judy -- (Dog)
Judy -- (Dog), -- 1936-1950.
Prisoners of war -- Great Britain.
Prisoners of war -- Pacific Area.
Sailors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Williams, Frank, -- 1919-2003.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Biography.
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Published
New York : Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
Format
Book
Edition
First Back Bay trade paperback edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published in hardcover: Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
The extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in war. No better friend tells the remarkable story of Royal Air Force technician Frank Williams and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met in an internment camp during WWII. Judy was a fiercely loyal animal who sensed danger and instinctively mistrusted anyone in enemy uniform. Their relationship deepened throughout their imprisonment. The prisoners suffered severe beatings which Judy would interrupt with her barking. The dog became a beacon for the men, who saw in her survival a flicker of hope for their own. Judy was the war's only canine POW, and when she passed away in 1950, she was buried in her Air Force jacket. Williams would never own another dog. Their story-of an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstance-is one of the great undiscovered sagas of World War II.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Weintraub, R. (2016). No better friend: one man, one dog, and their extraordinary story of courage and survival in WWII (First Back Bay trade paperback edition.). Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Robert. 2016. No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII. Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Robert. No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Weintraub, Robert. No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII First Back Bay trade paperback edition., Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
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