Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie.
In
1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in
World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. He named her
Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war.
Harry
Colebourn's real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a
remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey--from the
fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in
England...
And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin. Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.
(Goodreads)
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