01927cam a2200313 4500 91498098 TxAuBib 20111205120000.0 110609s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011024476 9781439190135 hardcover : alk. paper 1439190135 hardcover : alk. paper (OCoLC)709673384 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP UPZ IEB MOF BUR VP@ BWX CDX TxAuBib Orlean, Susan. Rin Tin Tin : the life and the legend / Susan Orlean. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011. 324 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references. 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.--From publisher description. 20111205. Rin-Tin-Tin (Dog.) German shepherd dog United States Biography. Working dogs United States Biography. Dogs in the performing arts History 20th century. Dogs in motion pictures. History 20th century. TXKAR