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Title details for Dog Gone by Pauls Toutonghi - Available

Dog Gone

A Lost Pet's Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home

by Pauls Toutonghi
Stephen R. Thorne
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Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved dog—a six-year-old golden retriever named Gonker—bolts into the woods. Just like that, he has vanished. And Gonker has Addison's disease. If he's not found in twenty-three days he will die.
The search begins. Fielding and his father, John, are dispatched to the field. They have the family's other dog, Uli, in tow. Combing the trails, Fielding and his father bond like never before. Fielding's sister, Peyton, calls and talks him through some of his lowest moments. And—at home—Fielding's mother, Virginia, sets up a command center.
Virginia becomes a field general. With a map and a phonebook at her side, she contacts animal shelters, police precincts, general stores, community centers, newspapers, radio stations, churches, and park rangers. She is tireless. The local paper in Waynesboro writes a small story about the family's search. The story hits the AP Newswire. But as the search continues, the Marshalls realize that they may not survive losing him. Even as the wounds of their past return to haunt them and threaten to jeopardize everything, they know they have one mission: bring Gonker home.

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  • Release date

    June 15, 2016

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781515922001
      • File size: 150761 KB
      • Duration: 05:14:05

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 25, 2016
      The latest from Toutonghi (Evel Knievel Days) tells the story of Gonker, a golden retriever who goes missing on a hike with his owner, the author’s brother-in-law. Toutonghi explains that he felt the need to tell the story on behalf of his wife’s family, as he felt the deep connection Gonker had to the family, a defining connection that forged a link between his mother-in-law and brother-in-law. The search for Gonker brings the family closer emotionally, and when the story of Gonker’s disappearance makes it to the AP newswire, the outpouring of concern from total strangers helps restore the family’s faith in humankind as well. More a commentary on human nature, family dynamics, and past sorrows than a standard lost-dog story, the book uses Gonker’s disappearance to explore the gamut of human emotions that family relationships can exude.

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  • English

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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Funding for additional materials was made possible by a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities.