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Author Lewis, Damien, author.

Title Smoky the Brave : How a Feisty Yorkshire Terrier Mascot Became a Comrade-in-Arms During World War II / Damien Lewis.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Da Capo Press, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2018.
©2018

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 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  355.424 LEWIS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  355.4 LEW    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  355.424 LEW    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  940.5472 LEW    In Transit +1 HOLD
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  355.424 LEW    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  355.424 LEWIS    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xiii, 302 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Language Text in English.
Note "Originally published in 2018 by Quercus in Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Summary Documents the story of the U.S. military's first therapy dog, a four-pound Yorkshire Terrier noted for remarkable acts of courage, including her famous jump from a plane using a specially designed parachute.
In February 1944, as Japanese military advances threatened to overwhelm New Guinea, a tiny, four-pound Yorkshire Terrier was discovered hiding in the island's thick jungles. A total mystery as to her origins, she was adopted by US Army Air Force Corporal William "Bill" Wynne, an air-crewman in a photo reconnaissance squadron, becoming an irreplaceable lucky charm for the unit. When Smoky saved Wynne's life by barking a warning of an incoming kamikaze attack, he nicknamed her the "angel from a foxhole." Smoky's exploits continued when she jumped for the unit in a specially designed parachute and famously joined the aircrews flying daring sorties in the war-torn skies. But her most heroic feat was running a cable through a seventy-foot pipe no wider than four inches in places to enable critical communication lines to be run across an airbase which had just been seized from the enemy, saving hundreds of ground-crew from being exposed to enemy bombing. In recognition of her efforts, Smoky was awarded eight battle stars. Smoky the Brave brings to vivid life the danger and excitement of the many missions of World War II's smallest hero.
Subject World War (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst01180924
Smoky (Dog)
World War, 1939-1945.
Dogs -- War use.
Working dogs.
World War, 1939-1945.
Smoky (Dog) (OCoLC)fst01121746
Other Editions: Reproduction of (manifestation): Lewis, Damien. Smoky the brave London, England : Quercus, 2018 9781786483089
ISBN 9780306922541 (hardcover)
0306922541 (hardcover)
9780306922565 (ebook)
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