5/7/2023 0 Comments Lindsay mattick![]() But what possessed Harry Colebourn to buy a wild animal on his way to war? Mattick ( tells Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd it's a question she's thought about a lot. Her new children's book, " Winnie's Great War," introduces young readers to World War I through the lens of her great-grandfather's pet bear. ![]() Author Lindsay Mattick, the great-granddaughter of Harry Colebourn, spoke with Here & Now in 2015 about the picture book she wrote about Winnie, "Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear." That real-life bear became the inspiration for one of the most loveable characters in children's literature, Winnie the Pooh. The bear traveled with him to England, where she became a regiment mascot for the soldiers training for the battlefield. ![]() In 1914, Canadian veterinarian Harry Colebourn was making his way from Winnipeg to Quebec to deploy for battle in World War I, when he met an orphaned bear cub at a train station in White River, Ontario.Ĭolebourn purchased the bear for $20, reboarded his train with members of his unit, and named her Winnipeg - after his hometown - or Winnie for short. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) This article is more than 4 years old. ![]() "Winnie's Great War," by Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut. ![]()
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