<div>Featuring more than seventy-five photographs and almost a dozen rarely seen videos from Rin Tin Tin&#8217;s legendary career, this Enhanced eBook edition of Susan Orlean&#8217;s Rin Tin Tin vividly illustrates the life and legacy of the canine hero. He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orlean&#8217;s sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tin&#8217;s journey from orphaned puppy to movie star and international icon. Orlean, a staff writer at The New Yorker who has been hailed as &#8220;a national treasure&#8221; by The Washington Post, spent nearly ten years researching and reporting her most captivating book to date: the story of a dog who was born in 1918 and never died. It begins on a battlefield in France during World War I, when a young American soldier, Lee Duncan, discovered a newborn German shepherd in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel. To Duncan, who came of age in an orphanage, the dog&#8217;s survival was a miracle. He saw something in Rin Tin Tin that he felt compelled to share with the world. Duncan brought Rinty home to California, where the dog&#8217;s athleticism and acting ability drew the attention of Warner Bros. Over the next ten years, Rinty starred in twenty-three blockbuster silent films that saved the studio from bankruptcy and made him the most famous dog in the world. At the height of his popularity, Rin Tin Tin was Hollywood&#8217;s number one box office star. During the decades that followed, Rinty and his descendants rose and fell with the times, making a tumultuous journey from silent films to talkies, from black-and-white to color, from radio programs to one of the most popular television shows of the baby boom era, The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin. The canine hero&#8217;s legacy was cemented by Duncan and a small group of others&#8212;including Bert Leonard, the producer of the TV series, and Daphne Hereford, the owner of the current Rin Tin Tin&#8212;who have dedicated their lives to making sure the dog&#8217;s legend will never die. At its core, Rin Tin Tin 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. Filled with humor and heart and moments that will move you to tears, Susan Orlean&#8217;s first original book since The Orchid Thief is an irresistible blend of history, human interest, and masterful storytelling&#8212;a dazzling celebration of a great American dog by one of our most gifted writers.</div>

Rin Tin Tin

<div>Foreword by Susan Orlean A charming facsimile edition of celebrated British illustrator Lucy Dawson&#8217;s 1937 classic collection of highly detailed and loveable drawings of dogs, complete with a cloth spine and ribbon marker&#8212;the companion volume to the acclaimed Dogs As I See Them.Lucy Dawson, also known as "Mac," was a preeminent British illustrator in the 1930s and 1940s revered for her paintings and etchings of dogs, from sporting and non-sporting breeds to hounds and herders. Though she worked in numerous mediums&#8212;pencil, pen, ink, and oil&#8212;her pastels set her work apart. Noted for her commercial dog postcards and her delightful "Tailwagger" series, she also created a "Puppies" series of 40 cigarette cards during World War II&#8212;produced in a limited quantity due to wartime restrictions on paper&#8212;which have become a rare collector&#8217;s item today. One of her most famous works is her portrait of "Dookie," the British Royal Family&#8217;s favorite Corgie, which was later reproduced as a Royal Family Christmas card.Dawson also published several books, including the beloved Dogs As I See Them, and its follow-up, Dogs Rough and Smooth. Now, Dogs Rough and Smooth is available in a lovely facsimile edition for a new generation discovering her superb craftsmanship. Printed on an uncoated stock that simulates the look and feel of a sketchbook, this delightful volume is filled with her beautiful, endearing drawings of a range of breeds. The illustrations are accompanied by notes in Dawson&#8217;s own handwriting as well as a short anecdotal text that provides amusing insight into the personalities of her canine models and the experience of drawing each.A stunning reproduction of this classic work filled with full-color and black-and-white complete drawings and sketches, Dogs Rough and Smooth features a foreword by acclaimed writer Susan Orlean, and is packaged in a three-piece case with a beautiful cloth spine and long ribbon bookmark. Dogs Rough and Smooth is sure to be a collector's item treasured by dog lovers of all ages and art connoisseurs for years to come.</div>

Dogs Rough and Smooth

<div>NEW &#38; NOTEWORTHY ~ THE NEW YORK TIMES With a Foreword by Susan Orlean, twenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful collection from "American's Librarian" and recipient of the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service Nancy Pearl and noted playwright Jeff Schwager that celebrates the power of literature and reading to connect us all.Before Jennifer Egan, Louise Erdrich, Luis Alberto Urrea, and Jonathan Lethem became revered authors, they were readers. In this ebullient book, America&#8217;s favorite librarian Nancy Pearl and noted-playwright Jeff Schwager interview a diverse range of America's most notable and influential writers about the books that shaped them and inspired them to leave their own literary mark. Illustrated with beautiful line drawings, The Writer&#8217;s Library is a revelatory exploration of the studies, libraries, and bookstores of today&#8217;s favorite authors&#8212;the creative artists whose imagination and sublime talent make America's literary scene the wonderful, dynamic world it is. A love letter to books and a celebration of wordsmiths, The Writer&#8217;s Library is a treasure for anyone who has been moved by the written word. The authors in The Writer&#8217;s Library are:<ul><li>Russell Banks</li><li>TC Boyle</li><li>Michael Chabon</li><li>Susan Choi</li><li>Jennifer Egan</li><li>Dave Eggers</li><li>Louise Erdrich</li><li>Richard Ford</li><li>Laurie Frankel</li><li>Andrew Sean Greer</li><li>Jane Hirshfield</li><li>Siri Hustvedt</li><li>Charles Johnson</li><li>Laila Lalami</li><li>Jonathan Lethem</li><li>Donna Tartt</li><li>Madeline Miller</li><li>Viet Thanh Nguyen</li><li>Luis Alberto Urrea</li><li>Vendela Vida</li><li>Ayelet Waldman</li><li>Maaza Mengiste</li><li>Amor Towles</li></ul></div>

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