Mayor’s Book Club

One Community. One Read. – The vision behind this project is to bring together our community through an opportunity to promote literacy. One Community. One Read. will give people of all ages a chance to connect with a broad range of individuals in our community about issues that are relevant to them. Join us in community discussions including community leaders, businesses, organizations, families and … you!

Summer 2024 Reading Club- Running with Sherman

We are happy to announce in partnership with CoffeeTree Books and the Rowan County Public Library, the Mayor’s Book Club is back with a Summer Read! The book, our Mayor selected is “Running with Sherman” by Christopher McDougall.

Description:

From the bestselling author of Born to Run, a heartwarming story about training a rescue donkey to run one of the most challenging races in America, and, in the process, discovering the life-changing power of the human-animal connection.“A delight, full of heart and hijinks and humor.” –John Grogan, author of Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog

When Christopher McDougall decided to adopt a donkey in dire straits, he had no idea what he was getting himself into. But with the help of his neighbors, Chris came up with a crazy idea. Burro racing, a unique type of competition in which humans and donkeys run side by side over mountains and through streams, would be exactly the challenge Sherman and Chris needed. In the course of Sherman’s training, Chris would enlist Amish running clubs, high-spirited goats, the service animal community, and two Sarah Palin-loving long-distance female truckers. Sherman’s heartwarming story of overcoming all odds to run one of the most unbelievable races in America shows the healing power of movement and the strength of the human-animal connection.