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About Rin Tin Tin (Unabridged)

From Susan Orlean—acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book — Rin Tin Tin is “an unforgettable book about the mutual devotion between one man and one dog” ( The Wall Street Journal ). He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean’s sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin’s journey from abandoned puppy to international movie-star dog who appeared in twenty-seven films throughout the 1920s. Spanning almost one hundred years of history, from the dog’s improbable discovery on a battlefield in 1918 by an American soldier to his tumultuous rise through Hollywood and beyond, Rin Tin Tin is a love story and "a masterpiece" ( Chicago Tribune ) that is also a quintessentially American story of reinvention, a captivating exploration of our spiritual bond with animals, and a stirring meditation on mortality and immortality.