The Cruelest Miles

Author : Gay Salisbury,Laney Salisbury
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780393076219

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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury,Laney Salisbury Pdf

"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn't fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and immortalized Balto, the lead dog of the last team whose bronze statue still stands in New York City's Central Park. This is the greatest dog story, never fully told until now.

Author : Gay Salisbury,Laney Salisbury
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393325706

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The Cruelest Miles by Gay Salisbury,Laney Salisbury Pdf

The true story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the hopeless plight of the patients, with a blizzard brewing and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.

Author : Kira Salak
Publisher : Random House
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780553816297

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The Cruellest Journey by Kira Salak Pdf

In retracing explorer Mungo Park's fatal journey down West Africa's Niger River, author and adventuress Salak became the first person to travel alone from Mali's Old Segou to Timbuktu, the legendary "doorway to the end of the world." This is her story.

Author : Laney Salisbury,Aly Sujo
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-07-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101105009

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Provenance by Laney Salisbury,Aly Sujo Pdf

A tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries-many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of a great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices. Chief among those was the struggling artist John Myatt, a vulnerable single father who was manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific art forger. Once Myatt had painted the pieces, the real fraud began. Drewe managed to infiltrate the archives of the upper echelons of the British art world in order to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged pieces, hoping to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting art history. The story stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan art galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This enormous swindle resulted in the introduction of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and most of them selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many of these fakes are still out in the world, considered genuine and hung prominently in private houses, large galleries, and prestigious museums. And the sacred archives, undermined by John Drewe, remain tainted to this day. Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller, filled with unforgettable characters and told at a breakneck pace. But this is most certainly not fiction; Provenance is the meticulously researched and captivating account of one of the greatest cons in the history of art forgery.

Author : Susan Butcher,David Monson
Publisher : University of Alaska Press
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780975402900

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Granite by Susan Butcher,David Monson Pdf

During a raging Arctic blizzard, Granite helps Susan and the rest of the dogs brave the storm and win the Iditarod.

Author : Pam Flowers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1578337453

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Togo and Leonhard by Pam Flowers Pdf

Author : Mark Derr
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226142809

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Dog's Best Friend by Mark Derr Pdf

A comprehensive, humane, and bemused tour of the dog-human relationship, Dog's Best Friend combines anecdote, research, and reportage to illuminate our complex rapport with our cherished canine companions. Tracking our national obsession with an animal that now outnumbers children in American households, Mark Derr chronicles the evolution of "the culture of the dog" from the prehistoric domestication of tamed wolves to the modern horrors of overbreeding and inbreeding. Passionate about his subject and intent on sharing his zeal, Derr defends dogs with wit and flare, producing here a quirky, informative, and fitting tribute to our love affair with canines big and small.

Author : Debbie S. Miller
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 0756980747

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The Great Serum Race by Debbie S. Miller Pdf

In 1925, an outbreak of diphtheria hit Nome, Alaska. The nearest supply of serum was located in Anchorage. Twenty dogsled teams braved subzero temperatures to run 600 miles in six days in a relay race that saved lives and gained national attention.

Author : Robert J. Blake
Publisher : Philomel Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-14
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015056792891

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Togo by Robert J. Blake Pdf

In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.

Author : Eunsun Kim,Sébastien Falletti
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466870888

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A Thousand Miles to Freedom by Eunsun Kim,Sébastien Falletti Pdf

Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated. By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun was in danger of the same. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete. Before finally reaching South Korea and freedom, Eunsun and her family would live homeless, fall into the hands of Chinese human traffickers, survive a North Korean labor camp, and cross the deserts of Mongolia on foot. Now, Eunsun is sharing her remarkable story to give voice to the tens of millions of North Koreans still suffering in silence. Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting exposé of North Korea's totalitarian regime and, ultimately, a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

Author : Kristin Knight Pace
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781538762394

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This Much Country by Kristin Knight Pace Pdf

A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod. 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. Kristin and Andy married and started a sled dog kennel. While this work was enormously satisfying, Kristin became determined to complete the Iditarod -- the 1,000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast. THIS MUCH COUNTRY is the story of renewal and transformation. It's about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It's about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears.

Author : Joal Derse Dauer,Elizabeth Ridley
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Pets
ISBN : 9780806538396

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Saving Sadie by Joal Derse Dauer,Elizabeth Ridley Pdf

This memoir of an injured dog’s rescue and rehabilitation is “an uplifting story with tremendous heart. I couldn't put it down” (Helen Brown, international bestselling author of Cleo) Joal Derse Dauer was donating blankets at a local no-kill animal shelter when an injured and despondent dog caught her eye. With three “fur babies” already at home, Joal wasn’t looking to adopt another dog. But there was something special about Sadie . . . Having just barely survived multiple gunshot wounds, nobody thought Sadie would have much of a life. But with patience, hope, and plenty of love, Joal saw her canine companion grow in strength and joy. Before long, she discovered that sweet Sadie had transformed her life in ways she never could have imagined. Joyous and inspiring, Saving Sadie is “a triumphant tale of second chances that shows how patience, hope, compassion and love can truly transform lives” (Modern Dog).

Author : Kate Klimo
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Alaska
ISBN : 0606355685

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Togo by Kate Klimo Pdf

Small, feisty Siberian husky Togo--the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome--sets the record straight in Dog Diaries #4! When a diptheria epidemic breaks out in isolated Nome, Alaska, in January 1925, the only way to get life-saving serum to the town is by using dog-sled relay teams. Twenty teams participate, and the dog who inevitably gets credit for saving the town is Balto, lead dog on the final team which delivered the serum. But few people have ever heard of 12-year-old Togo and his musher Leonard Seppala, who carried the serum for almost double the length of any other team, and twice violated warnings to avoid perilous Norton Sound and instead ran straight over the frozen ice! With realistic black-and-white illustrations by Tim Jessell--plus an appendix with information about Siberian huskies, sled dogs, mushers, and more--Togo's tale is perfect for middle-grade readers who love a spunky underdog!

Author : Jeffrey Michael Ruby
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781524718305

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Penelope March Is Melting by Jeffrey Michael Ruby Pdf

“A marvelous and magical debut!” —Pseudonymous Bosch, New York Times bestselling author of the Secret Series and the Bad Books Perfect for summer reading, this ice-cold mystery adventure will warm your heart—for fans of The Mysterious Benedict Society and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library! Something sinister has come to Glacier Cove, an icy-cold town that sits on top of an iceberg . Nothing bad ever happens here. Until now. And it's up to Penelope March to stop it. Mmm-hmm, that Penelope—the bookworm who lives in the ramshackle house with her brother, Miles. The girl with the mom who—poof!—disappeared. The one everyone ignores . . . except strange Coral Wanamaker, a tiny thing with raven-black hair and a black coat. When Penelope meets someone who seems to know secrets not only about Glacier Cove but about Penelope herself, she and Miles are pulled into an ancient mystery. Together, they’ll face the coldest, cruelest enemy ever known. Looks like the girl who only reads about adventures is going to start living one. Magic cookies! Volcanoes! Penguins! Sea monsters! And a girl hero with the strength and imagination to spring into action.

Author : Dominique Cellura
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0882403745

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Travelers of the Cold by Dominique Cellura Pdf

History of the northern sled dog, sleds and sled racing in the Arctic and Alaska, including the Iditarod, All-Alaska Sweepstakes and Yukon Quest.