Ebook: Following Atticus: how a little dog led one man on a journey of rediscovery to the top of the world
Author: Thomas F. Ryan
- Tags: Atticus (Dog), Dog owners, Dogs As Pets, Human-animal relationships, Miniature schnauzer, Mountaineering, Mountaineering--New Hampshire, PETS--Dogs--General, Ryan Tom, Mountaineering -- New Hampshire, PETS -- Dogs -- General, New Hampshire
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- City: New Hampshire
- Language: English
- epub
Following Atticus is Tom Ryan's moving true story, of a man and his remarkable dog.
Tom Ryan is a middle-aged, overweight, no-nonsense newspaper editor. But when Atticus M. Finch, a Miniature Schnauzer, arrives, he is forced to question everything about his life.
Wanting to raise money in memory of a friend who died of cancer, Tom decides that they will both climb 48 of New Hampshire's mountains during a single winter - twice.
What awaits the pair is the adventure of a lifetime.
In an enchanting but dangerous winter wonderland, they face raging blizzards, frostbite and storms. It is a rare test of endurance that soon becomes a soul-searching journey.
And then, within a month of returning home, tragedy strikes. Atticus goes blind, and the blood tests suggest something even worse. Now facing an even greater challenge, Tom and Atticus undertake a journey through darkness and into light....