Historical fiction at its best, this novel by bestselling author Marissa Moss tells the story of Sarah Emma Edmonds, who masqueraded as a man named Frank Thompson during the Civil War. Among her many adventures, she was a nurse on the battlefield and a spy for the Union Army, and was captured by (an
Saving Private Sarbi: The True Story of Australia's Canine War Hero
โ Scribed by Lee, Sandra
- Book ID
- 109853429
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781742375571
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โฆ Synopsis
Lost for 13 months in the wilds of Afghanistan, this is the dramatic, heart-warming and truly amazing story of Sarbi, the Army's most famous explosives detection dog - the miracle dog of Tarin Kot.
Powerful, dramatic, heartwarming, this is the true story of Sarbi, the scruffy black Labrador-cross trained by the Australian Army as an explosives detection dog for the most dangerous combat mission imaginable.
Thirteen months after Australia's most famous canine warrior went missing in action following an historic battle between the elite SAS and the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2008, she was found by an American Special Forces officer patrolling a village in a region known to be a Taliban stronghold. Against all odds, Sarbi had survived her injuries, the enemy's weapons, a bitter winter, one brutal summer and the harsh unforgiving landscape on her own. She was the miracle dog of Tarin Kot.
Sarbi's story, and those of the other brave Australian Army dogs in Afghanistan, will...
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