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It's human nature to set a point in our minds when we feel triumphant and to measure everything that comes after it by how far we fall or rise from that point.
Rin Tin Tin
Rin Tin Tin was allegedly discovered in the rubble of a bombed-out dog kennel in France during World War I and brought to Los Angeles by Lee Duncan, the soldier who discovered and trained him. By 1927, Rin Tin Tin had risen to the top of Hollywood's box office. Susan Orlean's novel about the dog and the tale is a moving examination of the human-animal relationship. It's also a multi-layered history of entertainment and entrepreneurship in the twentieth century. It spans ninety years and covers topics such as the transformation of dogs from working farmhands to treasured family members, the origins of obedience training, the evolution of dog breeding, the growth of Hollywood, and the history and present of dogs in combat.
It's human nature to set a point in our minds when we feel triumphant and to measure everything that comes after it by how far we fall or rise from that point.
