The Great Cat and Dog Massacre : The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy by Hilda Kean - 2017

Timber Press, Incorporated,, 2000. Nice copy with dust jacket. Just minor shelfwear. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

University of Chicago Press, 2017. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

University of Chicago Press, March 2017. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Animal Lives; 9.3 X 6.4 X 0.9 inches; 248 pages

University of Chicago Press, 2017. Book. New. Hardcover. Brand new condition from publisher. Ships immediately..

University of Chicago Press, 2017-03-14. Hardcover. Very Good//Very Good. 9x6x0. VG/VG. Orange photo-illustrated jacket, dust jacket in archival plastic protector. Very light shelf wear..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2017. Hardcover. 1st edition, 1st printing. 233 pp. Bibliography, index. Fine book (no markings) / Fine dust jacket. A clean, fresh copy.

Paperback. Very Good.

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Hardback. New. The tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September 1939, four hundred thousand cats and dogs were massacred in Britain. The government, vets, and animal charities all advised against this killing. So why would thousands of British citizens line up to voluntarily euthanize household pets? In The Great Cat and Dog Massacre, Hilda Kean unearths the history, piecing together the compelling story of the life and death of Britain's wartime animal companions. She explains that fear of imminent Nazi bombing and the desire to do something to prepare for war led Britons to sew blackout curtains, dig up flower beds for vegetable patches, send their children away to the countryside and kill the family pet, in theory sparing them the suffering of a bombing raid. Kean's narrative is gripping, unfolding through stories of shared experiences of bombing, food restrictions, sheltering, and mutual support. Soon pets became key to the war effort,… Read More

Univ of Chicago Pr, 2017. Hardcover. New. 248 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.