'Horrie The War Dog is a moving and fascinating story of intrigue and illusion, courage and loyalty.
In the Libyan desert during World War II, Private Jim Moody, a signaller with the First Australian Machine Gun Battalion, found a starving puppy on a sand dune, whom he called Horrie. Much more than a mascot, Horrie's exceptional hearing picked up the whine of enemy aircraft two minutes before his human counterparts and repeatedly saved the lives of the 1,000-strong contingent.
When the war was over, Moody smuggled Horrie home, and brought him out of hiding to raise money for the Red Cross. When Horrie's story became known, quarantine officers demanded he be put down. Was he condemned to die or could Moody devise a scheme to save him?' (Publisher's blurb)
Moody's Tale
Royal Exchange
:
ETT Imprint
,
2018
15370851
2018
single work
autobiography
'James Moody of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion found an Egyptian dog in 1940, who became Horrie, the Battalions mascot. He wrote it first as a simple tale, augmented by his own photographs of Horrie and his mates in action in Greece, Crete and Palestine. This was sent to Ion Idriess, who developed the book with a series of questions, to finally develop the classic tale of man's best friend: Horrie the Wog Dog (ETT Imprint 2017). Published here for the first time is Moodys original tale, and extended response to Idriess' questions, which gives a much stronger picture of members of the Battalion itself, the Rebels, written and lived in than Australian larrikin manner. Introduced by Tom Thompson, it also includes many pictures of Horrie in action, never before published.' (Publication summary)
Moody's Tale
Royal Exchange
:
ETT Imprint
,
2018
15370851
2018
single work
autobiography
'James Moody of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion found an Egyptian dog in 1940, who became Horrie, the Battalions mascot. He wrote it first as a simple tale, augmented by his own photographs of Horrie and his mates in action in Greece, Crete and Palestine. This was sent to Ion Idriess, who developed the book with a series of questions, to finally develop the classic tale of man's best friend: Horrie the Wog Dog (ETT Imprint 2017). Published here for the first time is Moodys original tale, and extended response to Idriess' questions, which gives a much stronger picture of members of the Battalion itself, the Rebels, written and lived in than Australian larrikin manner. Introduced by Tom Thompson, it also includes many pictures of Horrie in action, never before published.' (Publication summary)
