The Real Winnie: A One-of-a-Kind Bear Costume She richly explores the ways

She richly explores the ways in which women helped the United States mobilize for the largest military endeavor in the nation's history

the hardships and the danger

brutal struggles in Serbia

The troops had to cope with extremes that ranged from arid deserts to tropical jungles to formidable mountains and almost always on inadequate rations

harrowing details of the battles

The Real Winnie: A One-of-a-Kind Bear Costume She richly explores the waysDescription Paperback by Val Shushkewich The story of Winnie, the real Canadian bear that captured the heart of Christopher, son of A. A. Milne, and became immortalized in the Winnie the Pooh stories, is told against the backdrop of the First World War. In August 1914, a Canadian soldier and veterinarian named Lieutenant Harry Colebourn, en route to a training camp in Quebec, purchased a black bear cub in White River, Ontario, which he named Winnipeg.