dogsledding

Thirteen-year-old Tatum's dream of competing in the grueling 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race may be at an end when she becomes lost in a freak snowstorm during a training run on Alaska's remote Santa Ysabel Island.

A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.

An autobiography of Alaskan dog sled racer, Mary Shields from her first experiences in Alaska as a counselor for the Camp Fire Girls to her trip to the Arctic Circle by dog sled in 1980.

Chronicles the history of the Yukon Quest, a 1,000 mile dog sled race through Alaska and Canada; includes information on the route, the participants, and how race dogs are raised and cared for.

A true story of "Rivers," a blind Alaskan racing sled dog, the challenges he faced, and how he overcame them.

A young man enters a hazardous cross-country dog sled race to win the grand prize that will save his family from financial disaster.

Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.

Shares the story of Granite, a dog raised by Susan Butcher to become the leader of her sled dog team, discussing his weakness as a puppy, the potential she nurtured in him, the injury and illness that nearly killed the dog, and his heroic feat in leading Susan and the team through a blizzard to victory in the Iditarod race.

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.

Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.