Häftad, Engelska, 2027

The Hounds of El Delirio

New Mexico and the Dogs of World War II

Av Nancy Owen Lewis, Jean Schaumberg, Laura Holt

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The story of the United States Army’s World War II Dogs for Defense program, as told through the tales of the dogs, trainers, and soldiers from New Mexico who served in the Pacific Theater and beyond. On the grounds of their Santa Fe estate, El Delirio, sisters Elizabeth White and Martha White built internationally recognized kennels and became influential figures in the world of American dog breeding and showing. After the attack on Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March, Elizabeth White signed on to become New Mexico’s regional director of the United States Army’s Dogs for Defense program. The Hounds of El Delirio chronicles the people, canines, and controversies of the program that shaped the greater war effort and the national character in ways few appreciate today.

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Utgivningsdatum: 2027-03-09
Mått: 191 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt: 224 g
Format: Häftad
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 184
Förlag: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 9780826370884

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Nancy Owen Lewis (1945–2022) was the director of programs for the Society for Advanced Research for thirteen years. She is the coauthor of A Peculiar Alchemy: A Centennial History of the School for American Research, winner of the New Mexico Book Awards’ “Best Book in History,” and Chasing the Cure in New Mexico: Tuberculosis and the Quest for Health. Jean Schaumberg is the cofounder of Wordharvest, an organization that supports writers through classes and events. Laura Holt was a librarian at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and the Laboratory of Anthropology for twenty-five years and at the School for Advanced Research for another fifteen years.

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