Here's the short version: America's most famous dog was an immigrant, born 93 years ago in France, and discovered when he was just days old by an American GI fighting in World War I. He was named ...

The front cover of Susan Orlean's remarkable "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend" shows a German shepherd dog - possibly Rin Tin Tin himself - looking away from the camera. It is at once notable for ...

Rin Tin Tin, a dog rescued from a World War I battlefield in France, became a famous animal star and hero for generations of children. Susan Orlean, author of "Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend," ...

This interview originally aired on Fresh Air on Jan. 9, 2012. Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is now out in paperback. If you're a baby boomer, you might remember the old TV Series The Adventures ...

The rise of Rin Tin Tin is a classic only-in-America story, and here's our Rita Braver to tell it: Meet Rin Tin Tin the XXII, spokesdog for the American Humane Association, who recently presided over ...

IN THE FALL of 1954, the American television schedule included puppets and comics, average families and aging celebrities, cowboys, detectives, and two dogs with Hollywood histories. Lassie was gentle ...

The very mention of the name Rin Tin Tin evokes in most people the image of a strong, intelligent, heroic German Shepherd dog. The original Rin Tin Tin starred in 30 movies and his direct genetic ...

The creature at the centre of this remarkable book is an enigma. We never really know what he is thinking, and in fact he may not think at all, in the ratiocinatory sense. Susan Orlean presents to us ...

Susan Orlean's new book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend is, like much of her previous work, a story that shines a light on obsession. Orlean delights in elegantly recasting fringe characters on ...

Here's the short version: America's most famous dog was an immigrant, born 93 years ago in France, and discovered when he was just days old by an American GI fighting in World War I. He was named ...