Sergeant Stubby, hero pup of World War I /
Laurie Calkhoven.
- First edition.
- 90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- G.I. dogs .
- Calkhoven, Laurie. G.I. dogs. .
Based on the story of a real dog in World War I, and told from the dog's point of view.
Includes bibliographical references.
Stubby, a Boston terrier, is scrounging for food in the streets of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1917 when he is adopted as a mascot by the 102nd Infantry Regiment and finds himself on the way to France and the trenches of World War I where he soon learns to save his soldiers by alerting them to impending gas attacks, and eventually is awarded a medal by General Pershing.
9781338185256 133818525X
2018002085
Stubby (Dog)--Fiction.
Boston terrier--Fiction. Dogs--War use--Fiction. World War, 1914-1918--Chemical warfare--Fiction. World War, 1914-1918--United States--Fiction. Heroes--Fiction.