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.
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
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| McLeod | F CAL | Book | 30200000193029 | Fiction |