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_bT67 2019
082 0 4 _a636.7/0832092
100 1 _aTorres, Tia,
_eauthor.
_918425
245 1 0 _aMy life among the underdogs :
_ba memoir /
_cTia Torres.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bWilliam Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019
300 _a228 pages ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
501 _aP.B
505 0 _aTatanka: buffalo girl -- A dog named L.A.: the princess and the pit -- Duke: the action hero -- Moose: the reluctant rock star -- Junkyard Joe: from delinquent to drug detector -- Monster: a dog and his boy -- Lucky: the one-woman dog -- Bluie: the knight in silver armor -- Taz: the little dog with nine lives -- About Villalobos.
520 _a"From one of the most respected figures in the dog rescue community come the harrowing, funny, and inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life. Tia Torres, beloved underdog advocate and star of Animal Planet's hit show Pit Bulls & Parolees, chronicles her roller-coaster life in this heartwarming memoir featuring some of her best-loved dogs. With inimitable honesty and characteristic brashness, Tia captures the spirit and heart of these intelligent and loving canines, while carrying us behind the scenes of her TV show, into the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans, onto the soundstages of Hollywood films, and even to the jungles of Sri Lanka. Tia has devoted her life to shattering the stereotype that pit bulls are dangerous, vicious predators. As the top dog at the Villalobos Rescue Center in New Orleans, the largest pit bull rescue in the United States, she and her team have rescued, rehabilitated, and rehomed hundreds of animals that might otherwise have been destroyed. As she puts it, 'Most of the stories in this book are about animals (and a few humans) that needed someone to believe in them and a purpose in order to show their true nobility.'"--Amazon.com summary.
520 _aTorres has devoted her life to shattering the stereotype that pit bulls are dangerous, vicious predators. Here she shares the harrowing but inspiring stories of nine incredible dogs that shaped her life. She captures the spirit and heart of these intelligent and loving canines, while carrying us behind the scenes of her TV show Pit Bulls & Parolees; into the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans; onto the soundstages of Hollywood films, and even to the jungles of Sri Lanka. -- adapted from jacket
600 1 0 _aTorres, Tia.
_918426
650 0 _aDog rescue
_aTelevision personalities
_aPETS / Essays & Narratives.
_zUnited States
_zUnited States
_vAnecdotes.
_vBiography.
_918427
650 7 _aDog rescue.
_918428
650 7 _aDogs.
_918429
650 7 _aTelevision personalities.
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651 7 _aUnited States.
655 0 _aNonfiction.
_aNonfiction.
_aAnecdotes.
_918430
655 4 _aAutobiographies.
_aBiography.
_918431
655 7 _aAutobiographies.
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