When Dion Leonard came across a stray dog while competing in a 155-mile race through the Gobi desert, he made an unexpected, furry friend who would travel alongside him through the desert for almost eighty miles. And when his pint-sized companion goes missing, Dion is determined to find the pup he named Gobi and bring her home with him.
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call number/section: 920
subjects: leonard, dion, dog owners, biography, long-distance runners, dogs, gobi desert (mongolia and china), ultra running, human-animal relationship, dog adoption, chinese language