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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 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

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." -- (Source of summary not specified)

Subjects:

Podhajsky, Alois -- Juvenile literature -- Juvenile literature.

Reed, Charles Hancock, 1900-1980 -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Commando operations -- Czech Republic -- Hostouň -- Juvenile literature.

Lipizzaner horse -- Austria -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

Arabian horse -- Poland -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Confiscations and contributions -- Germany -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Juvenile literature.

Other Title:

Subtitle appears on dust jacket: Daring rescue of horses kidnapped during World War II

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, copyright ©2016 by Elizabeth Letts, 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

9780525644774

0525644776

Other Number:

1022077093

System Availability:

1

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0

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1

Control Number:

774414

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Call Number:

j 940.54213 Letts