Author : André Jute
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 9781908369000
When Rhodes Delaney challenged James Alderston Whitbury III to a grudge match she chose the most grueling of all tests-- the Iditarod: a lethal dogsled race across the perilous wastelands of barren Alaska.
Author : Debbie S. Miller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 22,84 MB
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0802777236
Relates the story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome, and includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it. Reprint.
Author : Bill Sherwonit
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1632172232
This is the definitive story of the Iditarod, the dogsled race that has been run for over a century--told in brisk inviting stories and fully illustrated with color photographs, including updated information through the 2018 race. The famed 1000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage in Southeast Alaska to Nome on the Bering Sea is a test of endurance, both human and canine. The great history of the race has unfolded in the accounts of mushers and dog teams, fierce weather, accidents and good luck--with personalities like Joe Redington Sr., Rick Swenson, and Libby Riddles being joined by Lance Mackey, DeeDee Jonrowe, and Mitch & Dallas Seavey in recent years. The book is thoroughly illustrated with Jeff Schultz's photography, including coverage of the most recent runnings of the Iditarod.
Author : Kristen Rajczak Nelson
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,9 MB
Release : 1900-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1482432919
It's hard to fathom what it would be like crossing 1,100 miles (1,770 km) of Alaskan wilderness on a dogsled. The frigid conditions alone would make many adventurers think twice about this challenge. Throw in unexpected encounters with angry moose and dangerous journeys across melting lakes, and readers have an idea of what the remarkable race called the Iditarod is all about. From its heroic beginnings to its most amazing winners, all aspects of this dogsled race are covered with special attention to the real athletes, the dogs!
Author : Libby Riddles
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 1988-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780785773931
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.
Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780156001458
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.
Author : Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2009-09-30
Category : Humor
ISBN : 0307488535
The Iditarod may be the only race that awards a prize for last place. But then how many people can even complete a course that ranges across 1,000 miles of Alaska's ice fields, mountains, and canyons at temperatures that sometimes plunges to 100 degrees below zero? In conditions like these, anything can go wrong. For Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, nearly everything did. In My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian, his reporter and intrepid novice musher tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with seventeen sled dogs with names like Harley, Screech, and Rainy, his sexually confused lead dog. O'Donoghue braved snowstorms and sickening wipeouts, endured the contempt of more experienced racers (one of whom was daft enough to use poodles), and rode herd of four-legged companions who would rather be fighting or having sex. It's all here, narrated with self-deprecating wit, in a true story of heroism, cussedness and astonishing dumb luck.
Author : Susan Butcher
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0975402900
During a raging Arctic blizzard, Granite helps Susan and the rest of the dogs brave the storm and win the Iditarod.
Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 11,64 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Dogsledding
ISBN : 0027702219
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.
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Epicenter Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781935347057
Over beer and hamburgers at the Two Rivers Lodge near Fairbanks, Alaska, a small group of mushers conceived a gutsy idea for a new sled dog race that would be more challenging than any other marathon race in the Far North. In 1984, mushers organized the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Soon, mushers adopted an unofficial race motto, "Survive first, race second." The Quest trail boasts fewer checkpoints, longer wilderness runs, and more campouts. The trail crosses three mountain passes, including the dreaded 3,685-foot Eagle Summit, a killer of mushers' dreams. Outdoor survival skills and self reliance are on a par with commercial sponsorships and high-tech sleds and mushing gear. Yukon Quest is an exciting, inspirational story full of bigger-than-life characters told by Lew Freedman, best-selling author of eight books about sled-dog racing. Includes a list of race champions, names of all finishers, and 16 pages of photos.
