num_pages: 237
description: Chronicles the fierce determination of individualist Morie Sawataishi to ensure the survival of the Akita species after all but sixteen dogs were slaughtered for the Japanese war effort an endeavor during which he moved his young family into Japan's remote snow country and embraced a radically unconventional lifestyle. 30000 first printing.
language: English
title: Dog Man: An Uncommon Life on a Faraway Mountain
publisher: Penguin Press HC, The