Joe L Wheeler
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
This is unquestionably the greatest sled dog story ever told and it has been told many times with one constant: the wrong dog gets the credit. But time has a way of sorting things out. Though Balto continues to be immortalized, where it matters most in the great state of Alaska, Seppala and Togo gain in stature with every year that passes.
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Pub. Date
2004
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From Owney, the post office mongrel who traveled the world with as great a devotion to the mailbags as any human postal carrier, to Wolf, the less-than-perfect collie who wan't fine enough to compete in shows but was brave enough to thwart a thief despite being poisoned, these stories of loyalty, honor friendship and devotion are among the most moving and memorable you'll ever read.
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Pub. Date
2008
Description
From his post on the curb across the street, Spot watched anxiusly. The captain was his master, and Spot loved him as only a dog can love a man. It is a law of the fire department in New York City that no mascot shall climb above the ground floor of a building. A dog might, in the smoke, trip up a man when to fall would mean to die.
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Formats
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Undoubtedly the most revered leader in American history, Abraham Lincoln has had more books written about him than all our nation's presidents put together. But for all that's been written, little has focused on his faith and how this quality shaped the man who led our country during its most tumultuous years. The author Joe Wheeler, a historian and scholar, brings to the pages of this insightful book the knowledge gleaned from over ten years of...