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Barry
Title:
Barry
Author:
Klimo, Kate

Jessell, Tim
ISBN:
9780449812808
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Random House, 2013
Physical Description:
147 p. : ill. ; 18 cm
Series:
Dog diaries ; 3
Series Title:
Dog diaries ;
Abstract:
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.
Subject:
Hospice du Grand-St-Bernard (Bourg-Saint-Pierre, Switzerland) -- Fiction
Saint Bernard dog -- Juvenile fiction
Rescue dogs -- Juvenile fiction
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction
Avalanches -- Juvenile fiction
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Switzerland -- History -- 1789-1815 -- Juvenile fiction
Summary:
Barry der Menschenretter, a Saint Bernard dog, reflects back on his life in the early 1800s at the Hospice of the Great Saint Bernard in the Swiss Alps, where he rescued some forty people from avalanches. Includes facts about the breed and the hospice.