Hero dogs : how a pack of rescues, rejects, and strays became America's greatest disaster-search partners / Wilma Melville with Paul Lobo.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250179913
- ISBN: 1250179912
- Physical Description: 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-327). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Watch her go -- From the shadow of evil : Oklahoma City, OK -- Finding the talented misfits -- Princess Ana -- Dusty girl -- The good soul -- Enter the master trainer -- Training begins -- The wobbly monster cometh -- Trial by fire -- The poop bag decree -- All together now -- Our new home is the city dump -- Part-time means full-time -- The Shermanator and Stretch Armstrong -- Duke and the Velcro dog -- The drama queen and the gunshot survivor -- The tipping point -- Irondog -- September 10, 2001 -- September 11, 2001 -- September 12, 2001 -- "They're all dead." -- The storm and the question -- Down we go -- Reinforcements -- "Where can I get dogs like that?" -- American made -- Left for dead -- Fire and ice -- Broken beyond repair -- Not quite making the cut -- Recon against the machine (or, The Monday Night Football incident) -- A new era -- Nothing left but splinters -- The search must go on -- Buried alive : Haiti -- Hollywood hunter -- Wilma's vision. |
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Genre: | Nonfiction. Biographies. Biographies. |
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | 636.70886 MEL (Text) | 000154589 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Hero Dogs : How a Pack of Rescues, Rejects, and Strays Became America's Greatest Disaster-Search Partners
WILMA MELVILLE is a retired physical education instructor and the founder of the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF). She served as a FEMA-certified canine search specialist deployed in response to the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. Though formally retired, Wilma is actively involved with the SDF's National Training Center in Santa Paula, California. Not prone to slowing down, she still stays in constant motion, bouncing between duties as a mother, grandmother, dog trainer, pilot, and horse enthusiast. PAUL LOBO is a writer, army veteran, and part-time volunteer for the SDF. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, newborn son, and a duo of rescued pit bulls, all of whom constantly expand the bounds of his affection (and, occasionally, his patience).