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Finding Gobi : a little dog with a very big heart  Cover Image Book Book

Finding Gobi : a little dog with a very big heart / Dion Leonard with Craig Borlase.

Leonard, Dion, (author.). Borlase, Craig, (author.).

Summary:

While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.
Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encountered a stray dog while he was racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia. The dog kept pace with him for nearly 80 miles. Taking care of the dog gave Leonard a new perspective on life. He named the dog Gobi, and fought to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780718098575
  • ISBN: 0718098579
  • Physical Description: ix, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2017]

Content descriptions

Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 6.3 11 11 192130
Subject: Leonard, Dion.
Gobi (Dog)
Dog owners.
Male long-distance runners.
Dogs.
Ultra running.
Human-animal relationships.
Dog adoption.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports.
> Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)
> Scotland.
> Scotland > Edinburgh.
> Biography.
Genre: Autobiographies.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Pottsville District Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tamaqua Public Library.

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Tamaqua Public Library PB 636.7 LE (Text) 3OTPL00180308- Adult Nonfiction Available -


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