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Alaska

the ecotravellers' wildlife guide
2001

Denali

Alaska's great wilderness
1997
Spotlights the impressive array of flora and fauna found in the Denali National Park and Preserve, formerly known as Mount McKinley National Park, in Alaska.

Jon Van Zyle's Iditarod memories

25 years of poster art from the last great race
2000
Presents the official posters of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race spanning 1977-2001, all by artist Jon Van Zyle, and includes commentary by Van Zyle's wife, Jona, on the race's history, the history of mushing, and Van Zyle's experiences creating the artwork.

Outside passage

a memoir of an Alaskan childhood
1998
Scully recalls her childhood and teen years in the far western Alaskan frontier before and during World War II.

The great serum race

blazing the Iditarod Trail
2002
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.

Mama, Do You Love Me?

1991
A young girl asks how much her mother loves her, even when she is naughty, and receives warm, reassuring answers.

Raven and river

1997
Raven and the other animals of the arctic join their voices in trying to wake the sleeping River as winter turns into spring.

Gentle Ben

1992
Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.

Painter and Ugly

2011
Painter and Ugly, two sled dogs who are inseparable best friends, are put on different teams for the Junior Iditarod, but they manage to find their way back to one another for the big race.

Orcas around me

my Alaskan summer
1997
A young boy describes his summers spent fishing for salmon with his parents and younger brother off the southeastern coast of Alaska.

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