Captain Colebourn takes his new bear, named Winnipeg, with him to England. The trapper with the motherless bear sells it to Captain Colebourn for $20-quite a sum in 1914. Strolling the train platform, Captain Colebourn sees a baby bear tied to a bench. In White River, Canada, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Winnipeg veterinarian, steps off the train headed to the coast and a ship to England. “Here is the remarkable true story of the bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh.” “And finally to the London Zoo, where Winnie made another new friend: a real boy named Christopher Robin. “Harry Colebourn’s real-life great-granddaughter tells the true story of a remarkable friendship and an even more remarkable journey-from the fields of Canada to a convoy across the ocean to an army base in England. He named her Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, and he took the bear to war. In 1914, Harry Colebourn, a veterinarian on his way to tend horses in World War I, followed his heart and rescued a baby bear. “Before Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear
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