Bibliograph

Man's best hero, true stories of great American dogs, Ace Collins

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Man's best hero, true stories of great American dogs, Ace Collins

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Man's best hero

Oclc number

859232236

Responsibility statement

Ace Collins

Sub title

true stories of great American dogs

Summary

What makes a hero? Sacrifice. Fearlessness. Risking their lives to save others. The thirteen exceptional dogs in this book will amaze and inspire you. These daring rescues and acts of courage defy logic and illustrate why dogs are still the pet of choice in more than 43 million American homes. A Malamute named Patches who saved a drowning man in freezing water; a mutt named Lulubelle who jumped in front of a truck to push a toddler to the curb; a yellow Labrador Retriever named Roselle who led office workers in one of New York City's Twin Towers down many flights of darkened stairs toward safety on September 11, 2001. All of the dogs in these stories were in some way incredibly special, to their owners and to many others. And each one, in its own special way, was a hero

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