Gary Paulsen, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong, is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. But none of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
Paulsen's understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to...
Gary Paulsen, the Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong, is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. But none of this would have been possible without his truest companions: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle guarded his well-being, and a horse led him across a desert. Through his interactions with dogs, horses, birds, and more, Gary has been struck with the belief that animals know more than we may fathom.
Paulsen's understanding and admiration of animals is well known, and in This Side of Wild, which has taken a lifetime to write, he recalls the ways in which they have taught him to be a better person.
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