iditarod (race)

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. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.

The author tells the story of how she became the first woman to win the 1,100 mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race in 1985.

A story about Alaska's 1,049 mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome through the eyes of lead dog Kiana.

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.

Describes the annual dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and the life of the woman who was the first person to win it for three consecutive years.

Presents photographs, facts, and trivia about sled dogs of the Iditarod.

Follows the story of Debbie Clarke Moderow, who at the age of forty-seven entered the Iditarod for the first time and, less than 200 miles from the finish line, found that her beloved huskies no longer wanted to run. Desperate to figure out how she had lost touch with her dogs, Moderow spent the next two years training and reconnecting, and finally, after much hardship, human and canines finished the race.

Text and illustrations look at the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.

"May sets out on the last great race on earth as excited as only a good sled dog could be with 1,049 miles of trail ahead of her. Then a mishap leaves the little sled dog lost and alone in the wilds of Alaska. Not particularly wise, brave, or big, May will somehow have to find her way home. It will take all her fortitude to do so."-- Jacket flap.

A blend of fact and fiction introduces readers to the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska.