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One dog at a time : saving the strays of Afghanistan / Pen Farthing.

Title
One dog at a time : saving the strays of Afghanistan / Pen Farthing.
Author
Farthing, Pen.
Publication
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.

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Description
308 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Describes how the author's witness to the brutality of Afghanistan's dog-fighting activities prompted his intervention and led to his relationship with a freed canine, recounting how he helped create a makeshift pound for rescued and stray dogs.
Subject
  • Farthing, Pen
  • Great Britain. Royal Marines > Officers > Biography
  • Since 2001
  • Dog rescue > Now Zād
  • Dogs > Now Zād
  • Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Personal narratives, British > Now Zād
  • Soldiers > Afghanistan > Biography
  • Afghan War, 2001-2021 > Now Zād > Personal narratives, British
Genre/Form
  • Personal narratives
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • Autobiographies.
  • Récits personnels.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
No going back -- Covert operations -- Dogs of Now Zad -- Dog warden -- Rocket-propelled grenade -- Harriott and Oliver -- Jena -- Crazy Afghan -- Barakzai -- Lift off -- R & R -- Green green grass of home -- AK -- Santa's sleigh -- No more -- Laughing policemen -- Tight squeeze -- In with the new -- Patrol dogs -- Down the drain -- Dinner invitation -- Lewanay -- Taxi -- Over and out -- Homecomings.
ISBN
  • 9780312607746 (hc.)
  • 0312607741 (hc.)
LCCN
^^2010020605
OCLC
471817676
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library