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Non-Fiction

The Perfect Horse

Ballantine Books · 2016

The riveting true story of a covert WWII mission to rescue the world's finest purebred horses — stolen by the Nazis and held on a secret German farm. Colonel Hank Reed leads a daring operation as the war draws to a close, weaving together the fates of an Austrian riding master, Hitler's chief of horse breeding, and a senator's son.

Praise

Letts captures the stakes of this daring mission with sharp drama that reads like a WWII thriller.

The Christian Science Monitor

Letts eloquently brings together the many facets of this unlikely, poignant story underscoring man's love and respect for horses.

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