Pets
Book Review: Maddie on Things (65,000 miles, 365 days)
Perfect balance, perfect photos of one man's best freind
Maddie on Things: A Super Serious Project About Dogs and Physics, by Theron Humphrey (Chronicle Books, 2013, pages, $15.95)
You've seen this book in your bookstore for a long time, but passed it by. I'll wager the next time you see it, you will purchase it.
A Comfort Book
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Maddie on Things is a comfort book, and now even a calendar, to take with you on your own cross-country drive and open up to look at a few more wondrous photos of Maddie and her comfortable contortions until you turn off the lights in your motel room and bid the good day a good night.
A Wild Idea
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Written and photographed by a northern Idaho fellow who drove 65,000 miles in 365 days with his best friend, Maddie, a Georgia gal from a shelter herself, a very patient coonhound with remarkable balance, Maddie on Things is so grand that it’s hard to explain how creative the photos are.
In the words of the author, these photos are indeed ‘love songs to a wonderful dog.’
Maddie has incredible canine patience along with incredible inborne balance. See her on a tire then inside a tire. See her on a fridge then in a fridge, in front of a sign and on a sign. See her ‘driving’ a police car. You will want your own Maddie.
This Wild Idea
Author Humphrey happened upon the idea for his book quite by a fortuitous accident but continued it throughout his road trip and followed it up with a website, ThisWildIdea.com, in which he features photos of his Maddie. Check it out for more photos of Maddie – I simply can’t find my favorite (there are so many). You will be so amazed that you will want your own copy of Maddie.
Maddie on Things, the pictorial chronicle of Maddie’s travels, is followed by Maddie Lounging on Things: A Complex Experiment Involving Canine Sleep Patterns, because, of course, after traveling thousands of miles, Maddie needs to relax – and nap she does, everywhere. Isn’t it amazing how many different places a dog can fit into and onto, to sleep?
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Caveat: This book was purchased for review.
