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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick tells the real-life story of a bear cub named Winnie, adopted by Captain Harry Colebourn during World War I. The book details how Harry, a kind veterinarian, bought Winnie from a trapper, brought her to a cavalry base where she became the soldiers’ beloved mascot, and eventually left her at London Zoo, where she inspired A.A. Milne’s fictional Winnie-the-Pooh.