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The perfect horse : the daring rescue of horses kidnapped by Hitler

2019

Format:	Book
Author:	Letts, Elizabeth, author.
Title:	The perfect horse : the daring rescue of horses kidnapped by Hitler / Elizabeth Letts.
Edition:	First Delacorte Press edition.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Delacorte Press, [2019]
Description:	xvii, 253 pages, [16] pages of plates
Summary:	American soldiers, aided by an Austrian colonel who was both an Olympian and a trainer of Lipizzaners, attempt to kidnap horses that had been taken by Nazis "for the glorification of the Third Reich" and smuggle them to safety.
Subjects:	Podhajsky, Alois -- Juvenile literature. Reed, Charles Hancock, 1900-1980 -- Juvenile literature. Podhajsky, Alois. Reed, Charles Hancock, 1900-1980. United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized, 2nd -- History -- Juvenile literature. United States. Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Germany -- Juvenile literature. Lipizzaner horse -- Austria -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. Arabian horse -- Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945. Lipizzaner horse. Arabian horse. Horses.
Notes:	"Adapted for young people." "This work is based on The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis ... published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York in 2016"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
Contents:	The Europeans -- The Americans -- The mission -- Homecoming.
LCCN:	2017060606
ISBN:	9780525644743 0525644741 9780525644767 0525644768 * 9780525644750
Other Number:	1084471974
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Current Holds:	0
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Control Number:	2252865
Call Number:	940.54/213714
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