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Finding Gobi a little dog with a very big heart

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 outpo...

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Main Authors: Leonard, Dion (Author), Borlase, Craig (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Nashville, Tennessee : W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2017]
Subjects:
Leonard, Dion.
Dogs > Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)
Male long-distance runners > Scotland > Edinburgh > Biography.
Human-animal relationships.
Autobiographies.
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.
Physical Description: ix, 259 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780718098575
0718098579
Author Notes: Dion Leonard is an ultramarathon runner from Australia, but is based in Scotland. He competes in ultramarathons around the world. He wrote a book about the stray dog he found on his ultramarathon race in the Gobi Desert entitled, Gobi: A Little Dog with a very Big Heart.

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