Warrior Pups (eBook)

True Stories of America's K9 Heroes

Jeff Kamen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
192 Seiten
Lyons Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-2966-2 (ISBN)

Infos

With more than 100 heartwarming photos, Warrior Pups is an illustrated tribute to the amazing people at the San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base who transform wriggly little puppies into the heroic military working dogs that help fight the global war on terror. Throughout its pages, the reader learns howthese dogs are trained to detect IEDs and terrorist ambushes.they are nurtured with lots of love and attention from their foster families.they are honored by the handlers and troops who walk behind them in the combat zone.Warrior Pups tells the story in words and images of these exceptional dogs and the fosters, trainers, and handlers from all branches of the military who are committed to making the US Military Working Dog Program the best of its kind.

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Portraits of love and courage An inside look at America's military working dog programHeartwarming profiles of people who train these heroic dogsBeautifully designed with more than 75 color photographs Warrior Pups is an illustrated tribute to the dedicated people at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base who transform wriggly little puppies into heroic military working dogs that fight the global war on terror. The book takes readers behind the scenes into the Defense Department's Puppy Breeding maternity suite where the pups are born and the loving foster homes where they are raised. In addition, the reader is introduced to the exceptional dog trainers and handlers from all branches of the military who are deeply committed to making the US Military Working Dog Program the best of its kind.

Autor

Jeff Kamen is the co-author of Final Warning: Averting Disaster in the New Age of Terrorism. His New York Daily News Magazine cover story, “Facing the Terrorists,” provided readers with access to the NYPD’s storied Bomb Squad. His documentaries on law enforcement, race relations, politics, and religion have been featured on WNET/13. Kamen has reported for NPR, NBC News, CBS Radio, and WPIX-TV and has written for the American Journalism Review and Penthouse on issues ranging from the role of the media in the Waco, Texas Branch Davidian Tragedy, to racism in the press. He lives in Virginia.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: another good dog • combat dogs • cute • Dogs • good dog • jeff kamen • Lackland Air Force Base • Lava • Military • military dogs • military history • service dogs • the dogs who found me • War Dogs • warrior pups
• ISBN-10: 1-4930-2966-5 / 1493029665
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4930-2966-2 / 9781493029662