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A review by danarama
Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall
4.0
Chris McDougall's books are fun. I'd probably read anything he wrote, regardless of the topic. He just approaches his subject with a breathless enthusiasm and hyperbole that you can't help but get sucked in.
And this is a particularly poignant story -- he sort of blunders into adopting a rescued, abused donkey and begins training the titular Sherman to compete in a burro race where human and donkey pairs race up and down a Colorado mountain (burro races are a thing! as are goat races!).
Through the year of ups and downs rehabilitating Sherman, earning his trust, and training, we get glimpses into the lives of some of the other animals on his farm (I stan Lawrence the Goat), his Amish neighbours, and a pile of other characters (some human), each of whom probably deserve their own book.
It's just a charming and heartwarming book.
And this is a particularly poignant story -- he sort of blunders into adopting a rescued, abused donkey and begins training the titular Sherman to compete in a burro race where human and donkey pairs race up and down a Colorado mountain (burro races are a thing! as are goat races!).
Through the year of ups and downs rehabilitating Sherman, earning his trust, and training, we get glimpses into the lives of some of the other animals on his farm (I stan Lawrence the Goat), his Amish neighbours, and a pile of other characters (some human), each of whom probably deserve their own book.
It's just a charming and heartwarming book.