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Sophie (Dog)
Survival at sea -- Australia.
Human-animal relationships.
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Pearse, Emma.
Sophie (Dog)
Survival at sea -- Australia.
Human-animal relationships.
MARC Display
Sophie
: the
incredible
true
adventures
of the
castaway
dog
/ Emma Pearse.
by
Pearse, Emma.
Da Capo Press, c2012.
Call #:
636.7 P361s
Subjects
Sophie
(
Dog
)
Survival at sea -- Australia.
Human-animal relationships.
ISBN:
9780738216065 (pbk.)
0738216062 (pbk.)
9780738214672 (hc.)
0738214671 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Sophie
:
dog
overboard
Sophie
, the
incredible
true
story of the
castaway
dog
Edition:
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Description:
307 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"FIrst published as
Sophie
:
Dog
Overboard in Australia in 2011, and Great Britain 2012" -- T.p. verso.
Bibliography:
Include bibliographical references (p. [306]-307).
Contents:
Lone
dog
in the wild -- Every girl needs a
dog
, Mom -- The special one -- An empty nest, some sulking, and a Griffith
dog
makes history -- All aboard Honey May --
Dog
overboard -- Something awful happened -- The
castaway
dog
-- One foot in front of the other --
Sophie
takes another swim -- Ruby arrives -- Robinson blue
dog
-- So near yet so far -- St. Bees' koalas and a very hungry
dog
-- The rangers set a trap -- Sounds like it could be your
dog
-- Hey, Tuck, where've you been? --
Sophie
goes domestic and the story goes viral -- Nobody else's girl --
Sophie
's journey.
Summary:
This is the story of a
dog
's journey back to her family.
Sophie
Tucker, a three-year-old Australian blue heeler, goes overboard into the predator infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef, and
Sophie
's heartbroken family has given her up for lost; little do they know that
Sophie
swam six miles to an isolated nature preserve called St. Bees, where she survived unassisted for five months by living off the land. The story of her survival and rescue is nothing short of miraculous. The author, a journalist into
Sophie
's story and re-creates the accident and
Sophie
's improbable journey. She tells the story from the perspectives of
Sophie
, her family, and the scientists on St. Bees who found her. Interwoven with research on the emotional lives of animals and interviews with animal experts, including Temple Grandin,
Sophie
offers undeniable proof about the unbreakable animal-human bond. It is a story of the resilience of the human and animal spirit.
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