Arthur : the dog who crossed the jungle to find a home

Arthur The dog who crossed the jungle to find a home

Mikael Lindnord

Book - 2017

When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon. When they left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him - and soon Mikael realised that he didn't want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked together towards the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save Arthur and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took.

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Subjects
Lindnord, Mikael > Travel > South America.
Endurance sports > Amazon River Region.
Adventure racing > Brazil.
Dog rescue > Sweden.
Feral dogs > Amazon River Region.
Dog rescue > Amazon River Region.
Human-animal relationships.
Mutts (Dogs)
Travel with dogs > South America.
Dogs > Biography.
South America.
Biographies.
Genres
Biographies
Published
Vancouver : Greystone Books [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Mikael Lindnord (author)
Physical Description
ix, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781771643375
  • 1. A Sporting Chance
  • 2. Finding the Way
  • 3. Getting Peak Performance Fit
  • 4. They're Off!
  • 5. Digging Deep in the Bucket of Pain
  • 6. 'Are You Coming With Us?'
  • 7. Whatever it Takes
  • 8. Swim for Life
  • 9. Swedish Aggro
  • 10. Mongrel Dog
  • 11. New Home, Old Wounds
  • 12. The Price of Freedom
  • 13. Acute Separation Anxiety
  • 14. Coming Home
  • 15. A Home Run
  • Epilogue: The Arthur Foundation
  • Acknowledgements
  • Picture Acknowledgements
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Swedish adventure racer Lindnord shares the moving story of how a stray dog changed the course of a race through South America, and also changed Lindnord's life. Lindnord wasn't a dog person when he decided to share his meatballs with an injured stray who approached his team in Ecuador. But he developed a strong bond with the dog, who determinedly followed the team on their arduous trek through jungles and mountains and was given the name Arthur. So great was Lindnord's admiration for Arthur that he was willing to sacrifice the possibility of winning in order to help him. After the race, Lindnord battled bureaucracy and red tape in order to bring Arthur back to Sweden. Along the way, the dog became a media celebrity. Lindnord draws readers into his story, confiding the many ways that Arthur touched and enriched his life. The story of the race will appeal to readers interested in endurance, while the story about the powerful connection that can develop between people and dogs will find a broader readership among dog lovers. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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