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Author Kerby, Mona.

Title Owney, the mail-pouch pooch / Mona Kerby ; pictures by Lynne Barasch.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Picture Book  PICT Kerby    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary In 1888, Owney, a stray terrier puppy, finds a home in the Albany, New York, post office and becomes its official mascot as he rides the mail train through the Adirondacks and beyond, criss-crossing the United States, into Canada and Mexico, and eventually traveling aroud the world by mail boat in 132 days.
Subject Owney (Dog) -- Fiction.
Terriers -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Mascots -- Fiction.
Postal service -- Fiction.
Voyages and travels -- Fiction.
Added Author Barasch, Lynne, illustrator.
ISBN 9780374356859
0374356858
Standard No. IG# 9780374356859
AU@ 000040302172

 
    
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