Following Atticus
Subtitle: forty-eight high peaks, one little dog, and an extraordinary friendship
By: Tom Ryan
Edition: 1st William Morrow pbk. ed.
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780061997112
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Mountaineers; Anecdotes; Dog owners; Human-animal relationships; Dogs; Biography
Description: Relates how the author and his dog named Atticus M. Finch attempted to climb all forty-eight of New Hampshire's four-thousand-foot peaks twice to pay tribute to a friend who died of cancer and raise money for charity.
Notes: Originally published in hardcover in 2011.
Table of contents: title: Innocence lost, innocence found. A door opens ; "Carry him everywhere you go" ; Big changes ; A gift ; "People die up there in winter" ; For the kids ; The greatest quest ; The little giant ; Stars to light the way ; The M. is important ; "Our faith comes in moments; title: " ; Atticus in disguise ; The spell of Agiocochook ; Five astounding days ; "Thank you, friend"; title: Light over dark. A heartrending turn of events ; "I'm not leaving him alone" ; The friends of Atticus ; Soul work ; Bread crumbs ; Dinner with Frank Capra ; The promise; title: Full circle. A new quest ; The witch ; Magic is where you find it ; Death on Franconia Ridge ; My last letter home ; Those eyes, those beautiful eyes ; Mount Washington ; Good-bye ; Heartache ; The great art of sauntering ; Paige ; Home.