Sergeant Stubby, hero pup of World War I

Title
Sergeant Stubby, hero pup of World War I

Personal Author EPSB
Laurie, Calkhoven

Summary
Stubby, a Boston terrier, is scrounging for food in the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 when he is adopted as a mascot by the 102nd Infantry Regiment and finds himself on the way to France and the trenches of World War I where he soon learns to save his soldiers by alerting them to impending gas attacks, and eventually is awarded a medal by General Pershing.

Year Published
2018

Series
G.I. dogs

Physical Description
90 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.

Edition
First edition.

Note
Based on the story of a real dog in World War I, and told from the dog's point of view.

Subject
Stubby (Dog) -- Fiction.
 
Boston terrier -- Fiction.
 
Dogs -- War use -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1914-1918 -- Chemical warfare -- Fiction.
 
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Fiction.
 
Heroes -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
France -- History -- German occupation, 1914-1918 -- Fiction.
 
Connecticut -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.
 
War fiction.

Summary
Stubby, a Boston terrier, is scrounging for food in the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 when he is adopted as a mascot by the 102nd Infantry Regiment and finds himself on the way to France and the trenches of World War I where he soon learns to save his soldiers by alerting them to impending gas attacks, and eventually is awarded a medal by General Pershing.

ISBN
9781338185256

Publisher
New York, New York : Scholastic Inc., 2018.
 
©2018


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
McLeodF CALBook30200000193029Fiction