Life with Forty Dogs (eBook)

Misadventures with Runts, Rejects, Retirees, and Rescues

Joseph Robertia (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
230 Seiten
Graphic Arts Books (Verlag)
978-1-943328-92-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Winner of Dog Writer's Association of America Best Book: Rescue or Adoption and Dogwise Best Book Award in 2017.From award-winning writer and photographer Joseph Robertia, Life with Forty Dogs is a collection of the funny, fascinating, and sometimes heartbreaking stories of the life-changing canine commitment he and his family made.When Robertia and his wife, Cole, first entered the world of dog sledding in Alaska, they had never expected to have their household grow up to forty dogs—“primarily rogues, runts, and rejects from other kennels.” But quickly they found their lives inextricably intertwined with each dog they rescued as they learned each one’s unique character and personality and how irreplaceable each was for their team and for their family.This book is an invitation to understand the essence of life with forty dogs in its entirety and, through that comprehension, to truly appreciate what Robertia sees every day. Not everyone can sacrifice their spare time, salaries, and sanity to get to know so many characters—from the well-mannered to the wily—but Life with Forty Dogs will reveal the endless adventures and misadventures that come to those like Robertia and his family who have dedicated themselves to their furry companions.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments
Introduction

A Rogues’ Gallery
Doubter and Goliath
Horsing Around
The Religion of Dog
Shit Outta Luck
The Great Escape
A Maternal Metoo
Not Office Material
A Mean, Mischief-Making Monster
From Muskrats to Moose
A Broken Limb, but Never a Broken Spirit
What the Raven Showed Me
Rescue You, Rescue Me
Dog-Truck Dilemma
Hammer to the Heart
The Race Isn’t the Only Obstacle

Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.4.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 28 black-and-white photographs
• Verlagsort: Portland
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Alaska • animal and pet care essays • animal care and pet essays • animal rescue • animal rescueIditarod and dog-sledding • breeder • canines • dog adoption • dog fostering • dog rescue • dog sledding • dogsledding • Fairbanks • Husky • Iditarod • inspiring • Journalist • Kasolif • last frontier • Living With Dogs • Memoir • Mushing • Nome • Puppies • Retirees • rogues gallery • runts • Siberian Alaskan Husky • sled dog • state sport • stories about dogs • stories about pets • Whitehorse • Yukon quest
• ISBN-10: 1-943328-92-7 / 1943328927
• ISBN-13: 978-1-943328-92-5 / 9781943328925