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

The perfect horse : the daring rescue of horses kidnapped by Hitler / Elizabeth Letts.

Letts, Elizabeth, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0525644768 (glued library binding)
  • ISBN: 9780525644767 (glued library binding)
  • ISBN: 0525644741 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780525644743 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 9780525644774
  • ISBN: 9780525644743
  • ISBN: 0525644741
  • ISBN: 9780525644767
  • ISBN: 0525644768
  • ISBN: 9780525644774
  • ISBN: 0525644776
  • Physical Description: xvii, 253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Delacorte Press edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Delacorte Press, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"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.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Europeans -- The Americans -- The mission -- Homecoming.
Summary, etc.:
"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)
Subject: Podhajsky, Alois > Juvenile literature > Juvenile literature.
Reed, Charles Hancock, 1900-1980 > Juvenile literature.
Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria) > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, Mechanized, 2nd > History > 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.
Podhajsky, Alois.
United States. Army > History > World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945.
Lipizzaner horse.
Arabian horse.
Horses.
Genre: Young adult literature.
Historical fiction.
Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 14 of 14 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library.

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