The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain

The Dog Who Took Me Up a Mountain PDF Author: Rick Crandall
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0757322689
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
The uplifting story of two unlikely mountaineers: a man in late middle age and a fearless pint-sized pup who, together, scale Colorado's highest peaks. By the time life had finished hitting Rick Crandall from all sides, he was at the lowest point of his life, both personally and professionally. Depressed to find himself facing a mid-late-life age crisis and watching his finances crumble as the tech industry bubble burst, he hopes his future isn't headed downhill. It was at this critical juncture in their new marriage that his wife Pamela made an astute and life-changing suggestion: "Let's get a dog." So begins the story of Emme, a 200-pound Saint Bernard trapped in the body of 5-pound Australian terrier puppy. Soon, Emme and Rick hit the hiking trails around Aspen, Colorado. While she is groomed to be a show dog, it's soon obvious that her heart is in the hills and with Rick, who decides to add more challenging hikes to the mix. Before long, they are scaling Colorado's "fourteeners," peaks with altitudes of over 14,000 feet. On one magical day, Emme climbs to the top of four "fourteeners," a quarter of the sixteen such peaks she will complete during her life without once being carried on a trail or on the rocks on the way to a summit. In mountaineering Rick realizes he has found—in his late sixties—his life's new passion. This is where Emme has led him—out of the abyss and to the top of the mountain. She was never really walking behind: she was nudging him along until he found his stride. Even after Rick understood the glory of climbing, it was Emme still doing the leading, until Rick learned how to lead himself.

Mountain Dog

Mountain Dog PDF Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 0805098933
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
When Tony's mother is sent to jail, he is sent to stay with a great uncle he has never met in Sierra Nevada. It is a daunting move—Tony's new world bears no semblance to his previous one. But slowly, against a remote and remarkable backdrop, the scars from Tony's troubled past begin to heal. With his Tió and a search-and-rescue dog named Gabe by his side, he learns how to track wild animals, is welcomed to the Cowboy Church, and makes new friends at the Mountain School. Most importantly though, it is through Gabe that Tony discovers unconditional love for the first time, in Mountain Dog by Margarita Engle. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013

Stand Up That Mountain

Stand Up That Mountain PDF Author: Jay Erskine Leutze
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451682646
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
In the tradition of A Civil Action—this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his Appalachian neighbors to save treasured land from being destroyed will “make you want to head for the mountains” (Raleigh News & Observer). LIVING ALONE IN HIS WOODED MOUNTAIN RETREAT, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old, Ashley Cook, and her aunt, Ollie Cox, who say a local mining company is intent on tearing down Belview Mountain, the towering peak above their house. Ashley and her family, who live in a little spot known locally as Dog Town, are “mountain people,” with a way of life and speech unique to their home high in the Appalachians. They suspect the mining company is violating North Carolina’s mining law, and they want Jay, a nonpracticing attorney, to stop the destruction of the mountain. Jay, a devoted naturalist and fisherman, quickly decides to join their cause. So begins the epic quest of “the Dog Town Bunch,” a battle that involves fiery public hearings, clandestine surveillance of the mine operator’s highly questionable activities, ferocious pressure on public officials, and high-stakes legal brinksmanship in the North Carolina court system. Jay helps assemble a talented group of environmental lawyers to contend with the well-funded attorneys protecting the mining company’s plan to dynamite Belview Mountain, which happens to sit next to the famous Appalachian Trail, the 2,184- mile national park that stretches from Maine to Georgia. As the mining company continues to level the forest and erect the gigantic crushing plant on the site, Jay’s group searches frantically for a way to stop an act of environmental desecration that will destroy a fragile wild place and mar the Appalachian Trail forever.

Recreation

Recreation PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 502

Book Description

A Journey in Faith

A Journey in Faith PDF Author: Gerald Fox
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Mary, known as the "Queen of Peace" and the mother of Jesus Christ, is making this little hamlet of Medjugorje the mouthpiece for her Son's message to the world. It has become a potent instrument for sanctifying all faiths having the one God as the foundation of belief. The message is simple and direct. It can be understood and accepted by Catholics, protestants, Muslims, or Jews and is meant for all of them. The following is a quote from Wayne Weible: This story is about a nonpracticing Catholic with little or no faith and in great need of help. It was a small step I took in faith that led me to tell this story. https://www.medjugorje.org 70 2

Another Time, Another Place

Another Time, Another Place PDF Author: Larry L. Harshbarger
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469111543
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
It was a time of extreme peril. The Great Depression was winding down and World War ll was starting. The author witnessed the Greatest Generation first hand as he saw many young men--including his older brother--leave town and go off to war. On the home front, there developed a closeness and support of family, friends and neighbors, not seen before or since. Through good and bad times, the towns young boys hiked, fished, hunted and trapped in the streams, fields, forests and mountains surrounding their homes. It was truly an era that will never be again.
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