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From Baghdad, With Love : A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
Author: Jay Kopelman, Melinda Roth

Book Information

Publisher: The Lyons Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0

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ISBN-13: 9781592289806 - ISBN-10: 1592289800
Publication Date: 10/5/2006
Pages: 224

Book Reviews

Book Description:

Love and hope often arrive in the strangest places and in the strangest ways. During his tour of duty in Iraq, LtCol Jay Kopelman of the U.S. Marines endured the emotional stress common for those involved in bloody battles for freedom. Skirting the rules forbidding pets, Kopelman and his comrades adopted an abandoned puppy left behind after the battle for Fallujah. The dog (named Lava) befriended the Marines and journalists and was eventually smuggled out of Iraq by the soldiers with the help of NPR reporters, John van Zante and the Helen Woodward Animal Center, Iraqi citizens, and the Iams pet food company.

JAY KOPELMAN is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendleton in
Oceanside, California. Melinda Roth is a journalist and is the author of The Man Who Talks to Dogs.

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Home & Garden >> Animal Care & Pets >> Dogs >> General

Top Member Book Reviews

Christa M. (Xa) wrote on 12/7/2006...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Heart-wrenching in many ways, you will never forget the story of a furry little refugee's rescue from war-torn Iraq.

Terry R. (trich) wrote on 12/28/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

A DOG LOVERS TALE OF HOPE AND TENDERNESS IN THE MDST OF WAR

Ashley B. (daredevilgirl013) wrote on 12/21/2008...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

A wonderful true story about a marine who finds a dog during a raid and decides to keep and raise the dog (though regulations say that no one is allowed a pet or a mascot or even to feed stray animals). The hardships these two face as human and animal are heartbreaking and what they have to go through to keep Lava secret and hidden from top brass. It makes you realize just how much those men and women go through over there and how even feeding the stray animals can brighten their day. This is a heart wrenching story on what true love can do to a person and how animals really can affect us for the better.

Bobbie M. (BobbiesZoo) wrote on 5/9/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Would have liked to hear more about the pup once he made it here, but a good read none the less.

Rachel B. wrote on 4/15/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Great read about saving a pup in Iraq.

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Tanya S. (oceansoul) wrote on 9/14/2009...

This was a really good book. A must read for dog lovers out there. My only complaint was that it ended too abruptly. I would have liked to read about Lava's life after Iraq.

Krista C. (kacey14) - OR wrote on 6/3/2009...

This was a great book (if tough to read because of the wrenching subject of the Iraq war) about salvaging something good from a bad situation. It also helped me better understand the conditions both US troops, and Iraqi civilians are facing day-to-day in Iraq.

Lisa M. wrote on 3/26/2008...

Very Very good book....if this book doesan't touch you in some way the first time you read it then read it until it does.

Amy D. (Iowan) wrote on 3/14/2008...

Anyone that has fallen in love, the furry kind, will appreciate this true tale of a Marine that goes all soft when he meets a puppy named "lava" during his tour in Iraq. The contrast between the senseless violence of the war and the love he feels for Lava is striking and you'll be rooting for them to find a way to reunite with every page you turn.