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Author:
Toutonghi, Pauls, author.
Title:
Dog gone : a lost pet's extraordinary journey and the family who brought him home (Large Type) / by Pauls Toutonghi.
Edition:
Large print edition.
Publisher:
Thorndike Press,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
311 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Subject:
Golden retriever.
Pet loss--Virginia--Anecdotes.
Human-animal relationships.
Marshall family.
Marshall family.
Golden retriever.
Human-animal relationships.
Pet loss.
Virginia.
Anecdotes.
Summary:
Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved dog--a six-year-old golden retriever mix named Gonker--bolts into the woods. Just like that, he has vanished. And Gonker has Addison's disease. If he's not found in twenty-three days, he will die. The search begins. Fielding and his father, John, are dispatched to the field. They have the family's other dog, Uli, in tow. Combing the trails, Fielding and his father bond like never before. Fielding's sister, Peyton, calls and talks him through some of his lowest moments. And--at home--Fielding's mother, Virginia, sets up a command center. Virginia becomes a field general. With a map and a phone book at her side, she contacts animal shelters, police precincts, general stores, community centers, newspapers, radio stations, churches, and park rangers. She is tireless. The local paper in Waynesboro, Virginia, writes a small story about the family's search. The story hits the AP newswire. Tips--many of them of questionable authenticity--pour in from across the country. But as the search continues, the Marshalls realize they may not survive losing Gonker. Even as the wounds of their past return to haunt them and threaten to jeopardize everything, they know they have one mission: bring Gonker home. With a big heart, intelligent humor, and a deft touch, Pauls Toutonghi tells this true tale of loss, love, and resilience. Dog Gone is by turns a story about how a family comes together in a crisis--and the way heroism can assert itself in the little things we do each day.
Series:
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
ISBN:
1410494004
9781410494009
OCLC:
(OCoLC)952982607
LCCN:
2016027740
Locations:
BRPD251 -- Adel Public Library (Adel)
FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)
YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)
JBPC145 -- Coon Rapids Public Library (Coon Rapids)
GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
WWPC305 -- Milford Memorial Library (Milford)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)
BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)

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