Wallace: The Underdog Who Conquered a Sport, Saved a Marriage, and Championed Pit Bulls-- One Flying (Hardcover) by Jim Gorant

from marshapetry

I liked this a whole lot more than I thought I would. Forget the title, which is a bit of a stretch... but this was a great book about Wallace. I even looked up some youtube videos of Wallace to see him in action (do it, he's great!). The book got a little tedious in the end as it started to be r...

from doggonelaura

Balancing the story of Wallace with the tale of Roo and Clara's marriage, adding in a dash of the history of disc dog competition and the pitbull prejudice, all combine into a great read about a very crazy dog. Anyone that has competed in a dog sport with a dog that loves that sport can relate to...

from milibrarian

Wallace was a dog no one wanted--a pit bull with lots of energy. Even the no kill shelter where he was housed was looking at euthanasia because of aggressive behavior toward other dogs. Yet when Roo and Clara take him home as a foster dog, they fall in love with him and realize that his energy ne...

from Laura_Corbett

I enjoyed the story and it was a very quick read for me, but it didn't emotionally grab me the way I had anticipated it would. Reading some of the other reviews, it sounds like the author's first book was much better and I plan to add it to my reading wishlist. Wallace's story is an amazing one a...

from marshapetry

I had put off reading this book because I thought it would be boring. I was wrong. I really liked this book... it dragged in parts and the "fist pumping" stories just didn't hold me, but overall this was a really enjoyable book. Excellent narrator too.