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When you're racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon.
When the team left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him—and soon Mikael realized that he didn't want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked together toward the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save the dog, now named Arthur, and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took. In compelling prose, Arthur provides a testament to the amazing bond between dogs and people.
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December 19, 2017 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781541497931
- File size: 207970 KB
- Duration: 07:13:16
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- English
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November 27, 2017
Swedish adventure racer Lindnord shares the moving story of how a stray dog changed the course of a race through South America, and also changed Lindnord’s life. Lindnord wasn’t a dog person when he decided to share his meatballs with an injured stray who approached his team in Ecuador. But he developed a strong bond with the dog, who determinedly followed the team on their arduous trek through jungles and mountains and was given the name Arthur. So great was Lindnord’s admiration for Arthur that he was willing to sacrifice the possibility of winning in order to help him. After the race, Lindnord battled bureaucracy and red tape in order to bring Arthur back to Sweden. Along the way, the dog became a media celebrity. Lindnord draws readers into his story, confiding the many ways that Arthur touched and enriched his life. The story of the race will appeal to readers interested in endurance, while the story about the powerful connection that can develop between people and dogs will find a broader readership among dog lovers.
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