TITLE:
The perfect horse : the daring rescue of horses kidnapped by Hitler / Elizabeth Letts.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York : Delacorte Press,
Physical Description:
xvii, 253 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index.
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780525644743
General Note:
"Adapted for young people."
"The daring rescue of horses kidnapped during World War II."
"This work is based on The perfect horse: the daring U.S. mission to rescue the priceless stallions kidnapped by the Nazis ... published in hardcover by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York in 2016"
