Knopf

9781524732363

STARRED REVIEW

Running with Sherman

Christopher McDougall concocts the idea of training his newly adopted donkey, Sherman, to run in a world championship burro race in Colorado.

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Review of ‘Running with Sherman’

“Look, the most humane thing might be to put him down now.” That was the hoof expert’s verdict after one look at the traumatized, mistreated donkey Christopher McDougall and his family had just taken in. The donkey, which they named Sherman, had been rescued from a hoarder’s farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. 

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