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

Written by Pauls Toutonghi

Narrated by 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.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJun 15, 2016
ISBN9781515972006
Dog Gone: A Lost Pet's Extraordinary Journey and the Family Who Brought Him Home
Author

Pauls Toutonghi

Pauls Toutonghi’s parents were both refugees to the United States. He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize, an Andrew W. Mellon research fellowship, a Fulbright Grant, and a residency at Hawthornden Castle. He has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Outside Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Granta, Tin House, and other periodicals. He’s married to the novelist, Peyton Marshall. He lives in Oregon, where he teaches at Lewis and Clark College.

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