Rin Tin Tin [sound recording] / Susan Orlean.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781442344969 :
- Physical Description: 10 sound discs (ca. 12.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged ed.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, p2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by the author. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | CD 636.7376092 RinTi-O | 31681002401875 | CDNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Chronicles the rise of the iconic German shepherd character while sharing the stories of the real WWI dog and the canine performer in the 1950s television show, and explores Rin Tin Tin's relevance in the military and popular culture. - Baker & Taylor
ANew Yorker staff writer and author of The Orchid Thief chronicles the rise of the iconic German shepherd character while sharing the stories of the real WWI dog and the canine performer in the 1950s television show, in an account that also explores Rin Tin Tin's relevance in the military and popular culture. Simultaneous. - Simon and Schuster
One of the most acclaimed nonfiction books of 2011, Susan Orlean’s New York Times bestseller Rin Tin Tin is “an unforgettable book about the mutual devotion between one man and one dog” (The Wall Street Journal).
He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from abandoned puppy to movie star and international icon. Spanning almost one hundred years of history, from the dog’s improbable discovery on a battlefield in 1918 to his tumultuous rise through Hollywood and beyond, Rin Tin Tin is a love story about "the mutual devotion between one man and one dog" (The Wall Street Journal) that is also a quintessentially American story of reinvention, a captivating exploration of our spiritual bond with animals, and a stirring meditation on mortality and immortality.