Following Atticus, Tom Ryan
Following Atticus, Tom Ryan
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Following Atticus
Forty-Eight High Peaks, One Little Dog, and an Extraordinary Friendship

Author: Tom Ryan

Narrator: Tom Ryan

Unabridged: 9 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/20/2011


Synopsis

Following Atticus is the remarkable true story of a man and a dog embarking on the challenge of a lifetime. This is author Tom Ryan’s inspiring tale of how he and his miniature schnauzer companion, the “Little Buddha” Atticus M. Finch, attempted to scale all forty-eight of New Hampshire’s four thousand foot White Mountains twice in the dead of winter. It is a story of love, loss, and the resilience of the human and animal spirit that’s as thrilling as Into Thin Air and featuring the most endearing and unforgettable canine protagonist since Marley and Me.

About Tom Ryan

Tom Ryan served as publisher and editor of the Newburyport, Massachusetts, newspaper The Undertoad for more than a decade. In 2007 he sold the newspaper and moved to the White Mountains of New Hampshire with miniature schnauzer Atticus M. Finch. Over the last five years, Tom and Atticus have climbed more than 450 four-thousand-foot peaks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cara on May 22, 2012

The author's strong MA accent may have hindered my enjoyment of the book, but for whatever reason, I thought the book would never end. It's a nice little story, I suppose, but it's inflated to the point of self-indulgence, melodrama and sentimentality. I'm happy to move on. That said, I did apprecia......more

Goodreads review by Mike on April 03, 2013

I wanted to read something lighter and chose this book because of the high rating and good reviews on Goodreads. Have to say this book is not for me. Part autobiography (Tom) and part biography (Atticus the dog) the book tells the story of the author who gets hooked on hiking and hooked on having a d......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on July 03, 2023

Great book. I like his zen like thoughts. Nice to know what a chubby guy and a little dog can accomplish. I see Didn't include quotes in this review, so will add the ones I saved: A curious reader of my newspaper wanted to know why he was Atticus M. Finch and not Atticus M. Ryan. I told her I wanted h......more

Goodreads review by Maria on September 15, 2012

This book was on the reader's choice table at the library, so I picked it up. It's about the author and his little dog and how the dog impacted his life and how he came to get the dog. It's a pretty good story. At first, it's about how he got the dog and how they became a part of each other's lives......more

Goodreads review by Bryan on July 25, 2011

First off, I must say I was one of the very lucky people to receive an advanced copy of this book. Tom Ryan has one of those gifts not given to all writers. He has that gift of being able to play with your emotions within a short span of time. He'll have you concerned, crying, excited, tense, crying......more