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The true story of a lost dog s journey and a family s furious search to find him before it is too late. Saturday, October 10, 1998. Fielding Marshall is hiking on the Appalachian Trail. His beloved dog a six-year-old golden retriever mix 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.
About the Author
PAULS TOUTONGHI is a first-generation American. His father was born in Cairo, Egypt, and his mother in Riga, Latvia.
He has been awarded a Pushcart Prize -- and has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, Virginia Quarterly Review, Granta, Tin House, and numerous other periodicals.
Pauls has travelled for the US State Department, and lives in Portland, Oregon -- where he teaches at Lewis & Clark College.
