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1 online resource (246 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Prologue; One; Two; Three; Four; Five; Six; Seven; Eight; Nine; Ten; Acknowledgments; About the Author. |
| Summary |
Max Edelman was just 17 when the Nazis took him from his Jewish ghetto in Poland to the first of five work camps, where his only hope of survival was to keep quiet and raise an emotional shield. After witnessing a German Shepherd kill a fellow prisoner, he developed a lifelong fear of dogs. Later beaten into blindness by two bored guards, Max survived, buried the past, and moved on to a new life in America, becoming an X-ray technician. But when he retired, he needed help. He needed a guide dog. After a month of training, he received Calvin, a handsome, devoted chocolate Labrador re. |
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Edelman, Max.
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Edelman, Max. (OCoLC)fst01924974
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) (OCoLC)fst00958866
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Holocaust survivors -- United States -- Biography.
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Guide dogs.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Guide dogs. (OCoLC)fst00948978
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Holocaust survivors. (OCoLC)fst00958838
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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1939-1945
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Peters, Sharon. Trusting Calvin : How a Dog Helped Heal a Holocaust Survivor''s Heart. Lanham : Lyons Press, ©2012 |
| ISBN |
9780762791644 (electronic bk.) |
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0762791640 (electronic bk.) |
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