LEADER 00000cam 2200517Ki 4500 001 ocn957264373 003 OCoLC 005 20161019025057.0 008 160825s2016 nyuab db 001 0deng d 020 9781524709303|q(Large print : pbk.) 020 1524709301|q(Large print : pbk.) 035 (OCoLC)957264373 040 MUJ|beng|erda|cMUJ|dZPP|dIMD 043 n-us---|ae-xr---|ae-au---|ae-pl---|ae-gx--- 049 CKEA 082 04 355.4/13|223 082 04 940.54213714|223 092 940.5421 100 1 Letts, Elizabeth, |eauthor 245 14 The perfect horse:|bthe daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis /|cElizabeth Letts. 250 First large print edition. 264 1 New York :|bRandom House Large Print,|c2016. 300 xxiv, 598 pages (large print) :|billustrations, map ;|c24 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Eighty-Dollar Champion comes the riveting true story of the valiant rescue of priceless pedigree horses in the last days of World War II. As the Russians closed in on Hitler from the east and the Allies attacked from the west, American soldiers discovered a secret Nazi effort to engineer a master race of the finest purebred horses. With the support of U.S. general George S. Patton, a passionate equestrian, the Americans planned an audacious mission to kidnap these beautiful animals and smuggle them into safe territory—assisted by a daring Austrian colonel who was both a former Olympian and a trainer of the famous Lipizzaner stallions. --Publisher 600 10 Podhajsky, Alois. 600 10 Reed, Charles Hancock,|d1900-1980. 610 10 United States.|bArmy.|bCavalry Regiment, Mechanized, 2nd |xHistory. 610 20 Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria)|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xConfiscations and contributions |zUnited States. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xCommando operations|zCzech Republic |zHostouň. 650 0 Lipizzaner horse|zAustria|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 Arabian horse|zPoland|xHistory|y20th century. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xConfiscations and contributions |zGermany. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|zAustria. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945|xReconnaissance operations. 650 0 Lipizzaner horse. 650 0 Animal rescue. 650 0 Large type books. 994 92|bCKE
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