{"product_id":"running-with-sherman-the-donkey-with-the-heart-of-a-hero-paperback","title":"Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher McDougall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor . . . McDougall is a gifted storyteller who gets to the heart of the human-animal connection.\" --John Grogan, author of \u003ci\u003eMarley \u0026amp; Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/i\u003e, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well. It turns out the best way to soothe a donkey is to give it a job, and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run. He'd heard about burro racing--a unique type of race where humans and donkeys run together in a call-back to mining days--and decided he and Sherman would enter the World Championship in Colorado. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEasier said than done. In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would have to recruit several other runners, both human and equine, and call upon the wisdom of burro racers, goat farmers, Amish running club members, and a group of irrepressible female long-haul truckers. An entire community comes together to help save Sherman and, along the way, Chris shows us the joy of a life with animals.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristopher McDougall covered wars in Rwanda and Angola as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press before writing his best-selling book \u003ci\u003eBorn to Run\u003c\/i\u003e. His fascination with the limits of human potential led him to create the \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e magazine web series, \"Art of the Hero.\" He currently lives with his wife, two daughters, and a farmyard menagerie in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751247741216,"sku":"9780593168103","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b64f986478db843fb218103bef14ac75.webp?v=1779968650","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/running-with-sherman-the-donkey-with-the-heart-of-a-hero-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}