From the bestselling author of Born to Run comes the heartwarming story of Sherman, a rescue donkey who would overcome all odds to run one of the most unbelievable races in America.
When Christopher McDougall agreed to adopt a donkey, he figured it would hang out in a field, look cute, and eat carrots. But then he met Sherman, who was in such bad shape that Chris knew he was in over his head. Luckily, Chris's neighbors--Amish farmers and an outspoken equine expert with a donkey of her own--were happy to help. They told him that what Sherman needed more than anything else was a job, a purpose. And Chris got a crazy idea. Maybe Sherman could race.
In the course of Sherman's training, Chris would enlist Amish running clubs, high-spirited goats, the service animal community, and two long-distance, Sarah Palin - loving female truckers. But it would take Chris's ever-patient wife, Mika, to hold the team together and Zeke, a young man struggling with depression, to show them all the power of the human/animal connection.
