Mush To Nome
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Mush To Nome
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Author : David Muus Martinson
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2016-08-12
Mush To Nome written by David Muus Martinson and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-12 with Fiction categories.
Only the fittest can survive the extreme cold temperatures and severe winds of Alaska. Frostbite can set in quickly if one is not prepared or properly clothed, and the hardships of the arctic climate can present challenges for even the most skilled outdoorsman. But for one group of volunteers, not even this harsh Alaskan wilderness can stand in the way of helping someone when there is danger. Mush to Nome is based on a true story and follows these courageous supermen and their Eskimo dogs through this severe climate as they journey to save the lives of their fellow Alaskans. When an epidemic of diphtheria threatens the city of Nome, only the best dogs and dog mushers are chosen to deliver a life-saving serum to stop the threat. This illustrated story adds life and faces to the men and lead dogs who put themselves on the line and into the cold to save the people of Nome. And as a story told for all ages, narrator Charlie--a little lemming who hitches a ride with the dog teams on their way to Nome--chronicles this compelling tale of heroism in the face of adversity. So join Charlie and famous international mushers like Gunnar Kaasen, Leonhard Seppala, Martin Buser, and Susan Butcher--not to mention lead dogs like Balto and Togo--on this life-saving journey through the Alaskan wilderness. Spanning thousands of miles, it is a trek that would eventually inspire the Alaskan Iditarod Race in 1973.
The Legacy
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Author : S.F. Gilbert
language : en
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Release Date : 2021-03-16
The Legacy written by S.F. Gilbert and has been published by Page Publishing Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Fiction categories.
The Legacy is several stories, intertwined and layered, that reveal more and plumb deeper than any one story could alone. It is set against the tableau of a heroic mush to save Nome during the great diphtheria epidemic of 1925. It is a story of Philippe Morrell and his lead dog, Balto, who made the run and the people, places and events that made his life stand out above those who had condemned him to the life of a social outcast. It is also a story that spans one hundred years in the lives of the Morrells, a prominent Canadian family who built and controlled a powerful financial empire, but also of what they owed to the man who was their patriarch. Philippe faced the harsh elements and his own demons during a ragging blizzard in subzero temperatures, driving his dogs and himself with superhuman effort to deliver the diphtheria vaccine from Nenana to Nome across 650 miles of rough pack ice and frozen rivers. Near the end of a life filled with tragedy and triumph, at the extreme limit of human endurance where sanity and madness meet, on the verge of death itself, he finds redemption in himself. The Legacy is both a sprawling adventure, a powerful love story and an intimate character study where past, present and future are inextricably joined. In the end, it reveals what beats in the heart of a great family.
One Second To Glory
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Author : Lew Freedman
language : en
Publisher: Epicenter Press
Release Date : 2001
One Second To Glory written by Lew Freedman and has been published by Epicenter Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1978, Dick Mackey claimed the most dramatic victory ever in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, crossing the finish line in Nome a mere one second ahead of Rick Swenson after a two-week, 1,149 mile-run from Anchorage. Many years later Alaskans still shake their heads in amazement. In One Second to Glory, Mackey shares this and many other adventures: Making a home in the forntier state in the heady first day s of Statehood; Surviving the 1964 earthquake and helping rebuild Alaska; Mushing against "Doc" Lombard and George Attla in the heyday of sprint racing; Helping Joe Redington organize the Iditarod Trail SLed Dog Race; Experience 82 degrees below zero at Coldfoot, his famous Arctic Circle truck stop; Mackey's colorful stories are told in his own words in interviews with Lew Freedman, outdoor adventure writer for the Chicago Tribune and longtime former sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News. Freedman has written seventeen books about Alaska.
Mush
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Author : Patricia Seibert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992-11-01
Mush written by Patricia Seibert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-11-01 with categories.
Complete details of the Iditarod race is told in this beautiful picture book--how it began.
Beyond Ophir
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Author : Jim Lanier
language : en
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Release Date : 2013-07-05
Beyond Ophir written by Jim Lanier and has been published by Publication Consultants this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jim Lanier had a good life going: a great family, a successful pathologist, a sometimes singer. Then he went to the dogs, ran the Iditarod in 1979, and has never recovered. With that ‘79 race as the book’s backbone, Jim tells its tale—entertaining, exciting, occasionally informative, and mostly the truth. From the bustle of metropolitan Anchorage to Front Street in Nome, it’s no how to do. If anything, it’s a how not to—how not to prepare, how not to train, how not to run. On the other hand, it’s how not to give in to the urge to quit when the going gets tough, in life and in this metaphorical Iditarod.
The Cruelest Miles
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Author : Gay Salisbury
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2005
The Cruelest Miles written by Gay Salisbury and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Diphtheria categories.
The story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the plight of the patients, with a blizzard imminent and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival
A Tale Of Two Iditarods
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Author : C. Mark Chapoton
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2008-03-25
A Tale Of Two Iditarods written by C. Mark Chapoton and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Blow by blow accounts of one young man's two Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race runs. Takes the reader down the trail through the author's eyes, ears, legs, and hands. Primary focus tries to stay on the incredible Alaskan Husky sled dogs who pull the author across the wild breadth of Alaska. As handler for his uncle, four time Iditarod champion Martin Buser, Chapoton goes from rookie to Iditarod finisher, then does it again the following year. Dog lovers and adventure fans will enjoy this fast paced easy read.
Wheels On Ice
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Author : Jessica Cherry
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2022
Wheels On Ice written by Jessica Cherry and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with History categories.
Jessica Cherry and Frank Soos have assembled a wide range of Alaska cycling voices, from the Gold Rush prospecting cyclists of the early 1900s to the ultra-endurance cyclists and bike packers of today.
The Adventures Of Balto
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Author : Pat Chargot
language : en
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Release Date : 2014-08-25
The Adventures Of Balto written by Pat Chargot and has been published by Publication Consultants this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-25 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Balto, the great Alaska sled dog, has been dead since 1933. But he still stands larger-than-life on Dogdom's Mount Olympus, where the world's great canines are immortalized. Yet few people know Baltos true story. Only one small part has been told, and even it has been distorted. Several Balto books have been written. There's even a Balto animated movie, but it, too, is largely fiction. (Balto was NOT part wolf!) Like the books, the movie leaves off where this book begins — and tells the best part of the story. Balto was only three years old when he helped carry serum across Alaska from Nenana to Nome to save the town's children from diphtheria. As leader of the last dog team in the life-saving relay race, he became an overnight sensation — a BONEa fide international celebrity. But much more happened after that. Balto lived for eight more years. His days unfolded like a sled expedition to the North Pole, carrying him in an exhilarating rush over smooth snow one minute, an icy hummock the next. And how does the new story end? With a heart-thumping surprise that you can't imagine — and neither could have Balto. Hook up your harness, step into Balto's booties, and mush off to Balto's true story.
Race Against Death
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Author : Seymour Reit
language : en
Publisher: Dodd Mead
Release Date : 1976
Race Against Death written by Seymour Reit and has been published by Dodd Mead this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Fiction categories.
In the winter of 1925 a dog sled relay makes a life and death race against time through an Alaskan blizzard with a supply of serum needed to stop a diphtheria epidemic in Nome.