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Search - From Baghdad, With Love : A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
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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
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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.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A DOG LOVERS TALE OF HOPE AND TENDERNESS IN THE MDST OF WAR
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. from COLLIERVILLE, TN wrote on 4/15/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great read about saving a pup in Iraq.
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Lisa M. from JAFFREY, NH 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.
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.
Jill H. (