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 ...

RIN TIN TIN: The Life and the Legend, by Susan Orlean. Simon & Schuster, 324 pp, $26.99. Stop that scoffing. Yes, Susan Orlean spent nearly a decade of her life researching and writing a book about a ...

An adorable dog wearing a suit holding two oscar statues with confettin flying in the background Custom Image by Federico Napoli Rin Tin Tin, the legendary canine movie star, was incredibly popular in ...

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 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 ...

Members of the baby boomer generation might remember the old TV series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, about a German shepherd and a boy named Rusty who lived with a cavalry troop in the American West.