Denali
The Story of an Exceptional Dog, a Brutal Disease and a Life Well Lived
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-4711-7545-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book is about many things: a man and a dog, love and friendship, disease and despair, growing up and becoming a better person.
It is the true story of a unique and special friendship between Ben and his husky/pit bull cross Denali, tracing the twists of Ben's struggles with divorce, colon cancer at age 29, and his quest to find his calling as a photographer and filmmaker alongside the arc of Denali's life and eventual death.
After Denali succumbed to cancer, Ben, with the help of a couple of filmmaker friends made a short film as a tribute to the beast that he admits helped form him into an adult. They didn't expect much. They didn't expect the film to strike an intense chord and be viewed over 15 million times and attract the attention of Oprah's Super Soul Sunday and The Today Show. Ben and Denali's heart-warming story will move and inspire you.
It is the true story of a unique and special friendship between Ben and his husky/pit bull cross Denali, tracing the twists of Ben's struggles with divorce, colon cancer at age 29, and his quest to find his calling as a photographer and filmmaker alongside the arc of Denali's life and eventual death.
After Denali succumbed to cancer, Ben, with the help of a couple of filmmaker friends made a short film as a tribute to the beast that he admits helped form him into an adult. They didn't expect much. They didn't expect the film to strike an intense chord and be viewed over 15 million times and attract the attention of Oprah's Super Soul Sunday and The Today Show. Ben and Denali's heart-warming story will move and inspire you.
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Person
Ben Moon is an adventure and lifestyle photographer turned director and filmmaker. For more than seventeen years his photographs capturing the beauty of people challenging themselves, from Yosemite to the Pacific Northwest, have been featured in Patagonia catalogues. As a rock climber, surfer and adventurer himself, his insights into the subjects he photographs are tangible. In 2015, Ben's film production company, Moonhouse, produced his personal story about his battle with colorectal cancer and his relationship with his beloved dog Denali, who passed away from cancer a decade after Ben recovered from the disease. The film attracted more than 15 million views and continues to touch new audiences. This book is the story of that extraordinary friendship. Ben lives in Pacific City, Oregon, with his dog, Nori, who has strikingly similar facial markings to Denali, and shares many of his finer personality traits.