The dog walker
Subtitle: an anarchist's encounters with the good, the bad, and the canine
By: Joshua Stephens
Publisher: Melville House
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781612194516
Subjects: Dog walking; Anarchists; Human-animal relationships; Anecdotes; Dog owners; Social stratification; Social life and customs; Political activists; Biography
Description: What happens when an angry radical finds himself (more) penniless (than usual) after one too many protests? Why, he becomes a dogwalker, picking up the poop of Washington D.C.'s canine elite. It sounds like the setup to a joke, but it's also the absolutely true story of Joshua Stephens, a committed anarchist who spent ten years as a professional dogwalker to D.C.'s and New York's financial and political establishment.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Reverse-indexing smug, saber-rattling shitheads, or how I became an anarchist; title: Walking, we ask; title: A people's history of professional dog walking; title: Any port in a storm; title: The drift; title: Spoiler: dogs are assholes; title: Keys: a user's manual; title: Keys: a temple to Goldilocks; title: Footnote one; title: That question you're dying to ask; title: Moses; title: Moving targets; title: Lube: it's not just for sex anymore; title: Indicator species; title: Even State Department staffers get the blues; title: In which we all learn a valuable lesson about scheduling; title: The Wyoming; title: A few words on boarding; title: Little deaths; title: Spoiler: I definitely had sex in your house; or, dog walking at Christmastime; title: The plan, pt. 1 (theirs); title: The plan, pt. 2 (ours); title: Pug life; title: Omar; title: Expiration dates; title: Exit interview.