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Surprisingly boring!

I bought the book because of all the great reviews. No one said it would be dull as dirt. I love German Shepherds and have had many, so, I thought this would be a good book for me. It really gets hard to take when the author puts herself into the story. The ending is supposed to be a tearjerker, about how she almost gets a puppy for herself. I was unmoved to say the least. By then I just couldn't wait to be done with the book. She took an interesting story and beat the life out of it. Don't waste your time or money. Just get a GS puppy instead.


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Rin Tin Tin The Life and the Legend Susan Orlean 9781439190135 Books Reviews

Interesting look at the Rin Tin Tin phenomenon from the silent film to talkies to the tv show. The book explores Rin Tin Tin's original owner, Lee Duncan's life, from at one point being abandoned by his mother in an orphanage to finding the German Shepherd puppies in a bombed out kennel in WWI Germany. Duncan's attachment to the dog is extraordinary, so much so that at one point his first wife named the dog as correspondent in their divorce. Duncan's determination to tell the story of the dog by knocking on doors in Hollywood and finally getting picked up by Warner Brothers is the typical Hollywood star discovery story but in this case, it was true. However, after the success of the films, the stories did not transition as well to the sound era but Duncan never seemed to give up. He continued breeding the dogs, looking for another that had the personality of the first, but never seeming to find it, and eventually died broke. He always wanted to tell the original story of the finding of Rin Tin Tin in that bombed out kennel and Rin Tin Tin's rise to fame but never got to. The story transitions to Herbert Leonard who produced the Rin Tin Tin tv series and always wanted to produce another tv series once the original one was cancelled. Then there is Daphne Hereford, who started with 4 puppies who were descendents of the original Rin Tin Tin and who is continuing the blood line with Rin Tin Tin XII. It is a fascinating story as the author visited many of the locations where Rin Tin Tin and/or Duncan were connected to the small town in France where Duncan found the puppy to the Corriganville ranch where the tv series was shot to the Riverside library where all of Duncan's papers from his "Memory Room" are stored. Interviews with Duncan's daughter and those involved in the tv series as well as Daphne Hereford gives the book a well-rounded look at the story of Rin Tin Tin from WWI to the present day. I found the initial part on the original Rin Tin Tin the most interesting as well as Duncan's persistent in keeping the legend of Rin Tin Tin alive. Once the book got into the television series, it seemed the people involved were more concerned about making money than preserving the Rin Tin Tin legacy. Additionally the book did wander off into the history of dogs in American homes in the 20th century, some of which had no relation to the Rin Tin Tin story at all and could have been covered in another book. Additionally, I would have liked lots more photographs as they were barely existent in the book. A complete filmography, tv list of all the appearances Rin Tin Tin or dogs called Rin Tin Tin would have also made the book more complete.
Susan Orlean, who admits being a fan of the original Rin Tin Tin long ago, has constructed a fascinating story about the dog and his master, Lee Duncan, who found the dog in France near the end of WWI. Duncan brought him back to America after the war, trained him remarkably well, and found Rin Tin Tin’s niche in silent movies.
Duncan and “Rinty” make the transition from silent films to the “talkies” and much later to TV when that new and startling medium makes its appearance in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The companies that sponsored such shows as Rin Tin Tin and Lassie were quick to capitalize on the merchandizing possibilities and wasted no time creating food, uniforms, “authentic dog souvenirs” and assorted trinkets that could be sold to the families of child viewers of the shows.
Later in life Lee Duncan seems to be a flawed character, relating only to Rinty and the dog’s prodigy instead of his wife and daughter. He has an elaborate “memory room” filled with news clippings to which he can retreat and relive those old times where he had fame and fortune with his beloved dog.
Near the end of the book, we learn what happened to the woman who took over the Rin Tin Tin franchise of raising and training descendants of the original dog and the folks in Hollywood who never gave up hope of filming that final and all-encompassing Rinty masterpiece. The lawsuits fly fast and furious and, as usually is the case, only the lawyers are making out like bandits.
Nevertheless, it’s a warm and inspiring story. Everyone who loves dogs (like I do) would be well served to read and enjoy this book.
Surprisingly boring!

I bought the book because of all the great reviews. No one said it would be dull as dirt. I love German Shepherds and have had many, so, I thought this would be a good book for me. It really gets hard to take when the author puts herself into the story. The ending is supposed to be a tearjerker, about how she almost gets a puppy for herself. I was unmoved to say the least. By then I just couldn't wait to be done with the book. She took an interesting story and beat the life out of it. Don't waste your time or money. Just get a GS puppy instead.