Iditarod Country

Iditarod Country
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Publisher : Epicenter Press (WA)
Total Pages : 72
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0945397666
ISBN-13 : 9780945397663
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Iditarod Country by : Tricia Brown

Introduction to some of the places and faces along the Iditarod Trail.

This Much Country

This Much Country
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Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages : 244
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781538762394
ISBN-13 : 1538762390
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis This Much Country by : Kristin Knight Pace

A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod. In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend's cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months. In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend's eight sled dogs. That winter, she learned that she was tougher than she ever knew. She learned how to survive in one of the most remote places on earth and she learned she was strong enough to be alone. She fell in love twice: first with running sled dogs, and then with Andy, a gentle man who had himself moved to Alaska to heal a broken heart. Kristin and Andy married and started a sled dog kennel. While this work was enormously satisfying, Kristin became determined to complete the Iditarod -- the 1,000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast. THIS MUCH COUNTRY is the story of renewal and transformation. It's about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It's about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears.

Race Across Alaska

Race Across Alaska
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Publisher : Turtleback Books
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0785773932
ISBN-13 : 9780785773931
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Race Across Alaska by : Libby Riddles

For use in schools and libraries only. The author recounts her experiences in the 1985 Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome Alaska, and shares her insights on strategy, sled dogs, and winter survival.

Woodsong

Woodsong
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 152
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780027702217
ISBN-13 : 0027702219
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Synopsis Woodsong by : Gary Paulsen

For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

Winterdance

Winterdance
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 284
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0156001454
ISBN-13 : 9780156001458
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Winterdance by : Gary Paulsen

Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs.

Dog Man

Dog Man
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Publisher : Booktango
Total Pages : 417
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781468958973
ISBN-13 : 1468958976
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Dog Man by : Martin Buser

What does it take to become an Iditarod champion? Join mushing legend Martin Buser as he reveals his life's journey in candid and action-packed detail. Buser's story of self-discovery takes the reader with him on the adventures, misadventures, and lessons learned from his devoted relationship with canine friends. This riveting narrative shows what it means to be a real "dog man," but it also serves as a stirring tribute to the spirit of the Alaskan Husky.

Father of the Iditarod

Father of the Iditarod
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Publisher : Epicenter Press (WA)
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0945397755
ISBN-13 : 9780945397755
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Father of the Iditarod by : Lew Freedman

A biography of Joe Redington, founder of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, discussing his early life and struggles, the happiness he found after moving to Alaska in 1948, and his efforts to rescue Alaska dog mushing from extinction by creating the now famous race.

The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 340
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780393076219
ISBN-13 : 0393076210
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by : Gay Salisbury

"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn't fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and immortalized Balto, the lead dog of the last team whose bronze statue still stands in New York City's Central Park. This is the greatest dog story, never fully told until now.

The Last Great Race

The Last Great Race
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 274
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0811722333
ISBN-13 : 9780811722339
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The Last Great Race by : Tim Jones

Portrays a 1,049 mile dog sled race across the state of Alaska and depicts the experiences of the participants

Iditarod

Iditarod
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0990674800
ISBN-13 : 9780990674801
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Synopsis Iditarod by :

It's a story that's been waiting to be told for forty years, and now, thanks to that Old Iditarod Gang, Iditarod: The First Ten Years shares the behind-the-scenes (and newsmaker) stories with a scrapbook of stories, art, and photography from the dozens and dozens of people who experienced the first decade themselves: the volunteers, race officials, financial supporters, public relations folks, administrators, and the mushers.This highly collectible volume turns back the clock to those seat-of-the-pants years, when the single goal was simply to finish. And what an achievement that was in the days of wool and bunny boots, when mushers carried a seal or a caribou haunch in their sleds, and competitors stayed in checkpoints long enough to share a campfire, some music, and more than a few stories.They're here now, those stories, those images, bound into a rare anthology that you?ll enjoy for hour after hour.