Dogs Who Changed the World: 50 Dogs Who Altered History, Inspired Literature...o

<p><b>50 awe-inspiring stories of dogs that have altered history, inspired art and literature, reunited lost lovers, saved lives, or just ruined everything. These inspiring, humorous, heart-breaking, or just plain weird stories reveal why dogs have earned their place as our greatest companions, and how our fascination with them is age-old. </b></p><p>Meet big <b>Barry</b>, the hefty St. Bernard credited with saving the lives of more than 40 people lost in the Swiss Alps in the 1800s. </p><p><b>Gangster mongrel Pecas</b> lived his life with a notorious Colombian drug cartel, before flipping the script after he was seized along with copious amounts of cocaine, and re-training as a police dog. </p><p>Marie Antoinette's <b>sassy little Papillon, Coco</b>, was the true star of the French court. </p><p><b>Sigmund Freud's calm-inducing Chow Chow, Jofi</b> who would sit in on all his therapy sessions (and never spilled a secret) </p><p>Small in size, huge in stature, <b> little Sargeant Stubby</b> was the mixed bully breed war hero, an integral part of WWI war effort. Saving lives in the trenches, Stubby found soldiers trapped under rubble and even caught a spy. </p><p><b>Japan's national hero Hachiko</b>, famous for waiting for his dear departed owner at Shibuya Central Station, becoming a much-loved local and national celebrity. </p><p>And <b>Sir Isaac Newton's little terror Diamond</b>, who knocked over a candle, destroying one of the physicist's most important manuscripts. </p><