Icons of the Iditarod
Title | Icons of the Iditarod PDF eBook |
Author | Tricia Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780996843119 |
Photography book of Iconic people, places, events, dogs, memorabilia, food and gear that have been endeared to Alaska¿s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Woodsong
Title | Woodsong PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paulsen |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | 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.
Fast into the Night
Title | Fast into the Night PDF eBook |
Author | Debbie Clarke Moderow |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2016-02-02 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 0544444744 |
“Moderow’s dedication and love for the Huskies that accompany her from Anchorage to Nome is the soul that drives this insightful and touching memoir.”—Cowgirl Magazine At age forty-seven, a mother of two, Debbie Moderow was not your average musher in the Iditarod, but that’s where she found herself when, less than 200 miles from the finish line, her dogs decided they didn’t want to run anymore. After all her preparation, after all the careful management of her team, and after their running so well for over a week, the huskies balked. But the sting of not completing the race after coming so far was nothing compared to the disappointment Moderow felt in having lost touch with her dogs. Fast into the Night is the gripping story of Moderow’s journeys along the Iditarod trail with her team of spunky huskies: Taiga and Su, Piney and Creek, Nacho and Zeppy, Juliet and the headstrong leader, Kanga. The first failed attempt crushed Moderow’s confidence, but after reconnecting with her dogs she returned and ventured again to Nome, pushing through injuries, hallucinations, epic storms, flipped sleds, and clashing personalities, both human and canine. And she prevailed. A tale of survival, loyalty, and the mysterious connection between humans and dogs, Fast into the Night is “what may be the quintessential Iditarod story . . . a great Alaskan adventure well told” (Dave Atcheson, author of Dead Reckoning). “When a memoir magically materializes before your eyes, striking all the right chords, it’s a wonder to behold—truly beautiful. In Fast into the Night that is precisely what Debbie Clarke Moderow graces us with.”—Anchorage Press
Iditarod Adventures
Title | Iditarod Adventures PDF eBook |
Author | Lew Freedman |
Publisher | Alaska Northwest Books |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781941821282 |
Features the fascinating careers of Iditarod icons as well as the administrators, volunteers, and classic characters that keep the race "running."
Benny's Flag
Title | Benny's Flag PDF eBook |
Author | Phyllis Krasilovsky |
Publisher | Roberts Rinehart |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2002-11-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1461663741 |
Benny was an Aleut Indian boy living in an Alaskan mission home many years before Alaska became a state. One day his teacher told the class about a contest to make a flag for Alaska. That night the boys and girls of the mission house made many designs for the flag. Benny thought about what he loved most about Alaska. Benny knew what he wanted his flag to be like: the blue field for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not flower; the North Star for the future State of Alaska, the most northerly state in the Union; and the dipper for the Great Bear—symbolizing strength. A month later the teacher announced: "Children, the flag contest is over. From all over Alaska children sent in designs for the flag. And Benny's design has won the contest!" Benny's Flag is a true story. Ages 5-8
Champion of Alaskan Huskies
Title | Champion of Alaskan Huskies PDF eBook |
Author | Katie Mangelsdorf |
Publisher | Publication Consultants |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 2011-07-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1594332460 |
Joe Redington Sr. was an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams—and buckets of determination! His vision was as vast as the majestic Alaska landscape he loved to explore. This firsthand account is of the man whose love for the Alaskan husky and the Iditarod Trail evolved into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Joe’s adventurous spirit, fierce perseverance, and creative heart burned strong within his character and enabled the impossible to become a reality. His spell-binding stories and genuine love of Alaska drew people into his dreams. This is the story of those unique feats that defined Joe’s life, and built the foundation for the most demanding and famous sled dog race in the world.
Winterdance
Title | Winterdance PDF eBook |
Author | Gary Paulsen |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | 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.