He believed the dog was immortal. So begins Susan Orleanās sweeping, powerfully moving account of Rin Tin Tinās journey from abandoned puppy to movie star and international icon. Spanning almost one hundred years of history, from the dogās improbable discovery on a battlefield in 1918 to his tumultuous rise through Hollywood and beyond, Rin Tin Tin is a love story about āthe mutual devotion between one man and one dogā (The Wall Street Journal) that is also a quintessentially American story of reinvention, a captivating exploration of our spiritual bond with animals, and a stirring meditation on mortality and immortality.