The perfect horse : the daring mission to free the Nazis' equine master race
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New York : Ballantine Books, [2016].
Edition
First edition.
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xix, 369 pages illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
940.5421 LETTS 2016
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Incline Village Library - Adult Nonfiction
940.5421 LETTS 2016
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South Valleys Library - Adult Nonfiction
940.5421 LETTS 2016
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Published
New York : Ballantine Books, [2016].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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In the chaotic last days of the war a small troop of battle-weary American soldiers captures a German spy and makes an astonishing find—his briefcase is empty but for photos of beautiful white horses that have been stolen and kept on a secret farm behind enemy lines. Hitler has stockpiled the world’s finest purebreds in order to breed the perfect military machine—an equine master race. With the starving Russian army closing in, the animals are in imminent danger of being slaughtered for food. With only hours to spare, one of the Army’s last great cavalrymen, American colonel Hank Reed, makes a bold decision—with General George Patton’s blessing—to mount a covert rescue operation. Racing against time, Reed’s small but determined force of soldiers, aided by several turncoat Germans, steals across enemy lines in a last-ditch effort to save the horses. Elizabeth Letts introduces us to an unforgettable cast of characters: Alois Podhajsky, director of the famed Spanish Riding School of Vienna, a former Olympic medalist who is forced to flee the bomb-ravaged Austrian capital with his entire stable in tow; Gustav Rau, Hitler’s imperious chief of horse breeding, a proponent of eugenics who dreams of genetically engineering the perfect warhorse for Germany; and Tom Stewart, a senator’s son who makes a daring moonlight ride on a white stallion to secure the farm’s surrender.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Letts, E. (2016). The perfect horse: the daring mission to free the Nazis' equine master race (First edition.). Ballantine Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Letts, Elizabeth. 2016. The Perfect Horse: The Daring Mission to Free the Nazis' Equine Master Race. Ballantine Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Letts, Elizabeth. The Perfect Horse: The Daring Mission to Free the Nazis' Equine Master Race Ballantine Books, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Letts, Elizabeth. The Perfect Horse: The Daring Mission to Free the Nazis' Equine Master Race First edition., Ballantine Books, 2016.

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