{"id":46803,"date":"2020-05-17T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-17T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=46803"},"modified":"2020-05-09T20:14:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T00:14:13","slug":"running-with-sherman-the-donkey-with-the-heart-of-a-hero-by-christopher-mcdougall-in-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/running-with-sherman-the-donkey-with-the-heart-of-a-hero-by-christopher-mcdougall-in-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero by Christopher McDougall [in Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"*STARRED REVIEW<\/strong>
\nWhat began as a New York Times<\/em> series becomes a captivating book \u2013 and with Chris McDougall<\/a> narrating, quite the aural gift. Sherman arrived on McDougall\u2019s Pennsylvania farm close to death, rescued from an (unintentionally) abusive hoarder. A supportive herd \u2013 McDougall\u2019s family (human and animal), their rural community, farflung friends, and kind strangers\u2014rally to save Sherman. \u201cYou need to give this animal a purpose. You need to find him a job,\u201d McDougall\u2019s horse trainer neighbor insists.<\/p>\n

That job eventually leads to the Leadville Boom Days International Pack Burro Race<\/a>, with donkeys carrying a 33-pound packsaddle of prospector\u2019s tools as people run alongside them. This all takes place in the highest city in the continental United States: Leadville, CO. Once again, McDougall summons training guru Eric Orton<\/a> who got him ultrarunning in Born to Run<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

Overcoming training challenges, unforeseeable setbacks, and even broken bones, McDougall, his wife Mika, their young neighbor Zeke, and their burros Sherman, Flower, and Mathilda all arrive in Leadville, aiming for the finish line. \u00adMcDougall\u2019s infectious tenacity never wavers, resulting in a can\u2019t-press-stop audio delight, which also includes the Sherman-inspired original song, \u201cHappy I Was Wrong,\u201d by Andrew Marsini<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “May Audio Reviews,” Library Journal<\/em>, May 7, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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