Full name: Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend

Author: Susan Orlean Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Non Fiction, Biographies, Award winners, History, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon eBooks.com LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781439190142 1439190143

Allegedly found in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel in France during World War I, then brought to Los Angeles by Lee Duncan, the soldier who found and trained him, by 1927 Rin Tin Tin had become Hollywood's number one box-office star. Susan Orlean's book--about the dog and the legend--is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. It is also a richly textured history of twentieth-century entertainment and entrepreneurship. It spans ninety years and explores everything from the shift in status of dogs from working farmhands to beloved family members, from the birth of obedience training to the evolution of dog breeding, from the rise of Hollywood to the past and present of dogs in war. Similar books: Frida by Hayden Herrera Ava's Man by Rick Bragg My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen The Real Jane Austen by Paula Byrne The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Book of Ages by Jill Lepore Dogtripping by David Rosenfelt Amazing Gracie by Dan Dye Birdseye by Mark Kurlansky Wallace by Jim Gorant Soldier Dogs by Maria Goodavage The Possibility Dogs by Susannah Charleson Pukka by Ted Kerasote Pukka's Promise by Ted Kerasote Walking Ollie by Stephen Foster A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill Scent of the Missing by Susannah Charleson The New Work of Dogs by Jon Katz A Big Little Life by Dean Koontz Soul of a Dog by Jon Katz