Roland Perry,David Tredinnick: Horrie the War Dog: The Story of Australia's Most Famous Dog
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Author: Roland Perry,David Tredinnick
Number of Pages: none
Published Date: 15 Dec 2014
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781486212927
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An extraordinarily moving and fascinating story of bravery, mateship, and the lengths people will go to to save a friend.In the harsh Libyan desert in the middle of the second world war, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune. Moody called the dog Horrie.Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the thousand-strong contingent. When the war was finished and Horrie smuggled back home, quarantine officers pounced and demanded that the dog be put down, prompting a huge public outcry. Was Horrie, the gunner's hero, condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him.In the finest ANZAC tradition, "Horrie the War Dog" is a story of intrigue and illusion, and of sacrifice, courage and loyalty.