The Alaskan Malamute: Yesterday and Today
by Barbara A. Brooks, Sherry E. Wallis
Listed under Alaskan Malamutes
Back
of the Pack: An Iditarod Rookie Musher's Alaska Pilgrimage to Nome
by Don Bowers
(Paperback -- January 1, 1996)
Adventures
of the Iditarod Air Force: True Stories About the Pilots Who Fly for Alaska's
Famous Sled Dog Race
by Ted Mattson, Sandy Jamieson (Illustrator)
Paperback: Epicenter Press
ISBN: 0945397593; (February 1997)
Father
of the Iditarod: The Joe Redington Story
by Lewis Freedman, Lew Freedman
(Paperback -- October 1999)
Race
Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story
by Libby Riddles, Tim Jones
(Paperback -- March 1988)
My
Lead Dog Was a Lesbian: Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod-The World's
Most Grueling Race (Vintage Departures)
by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
(Paperback -- March 1996)
The
Iditarod Fact Book: A Complete Guide to the Last Great Race
by Sue Mattson (Editor)
Book Description: This entertaining and informative guide to the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race(r) reveals the dramatic history of distance racing,
listing the canine breeds that run from Anchorage to Nome, the rules refined
over many years, the rigorous training regimes of mushers and dogs, the
equipment, and the village checkpoints. Some content is drawn from IDITAROD
SILVER, the best-selling twenty-fifth anniversary book now out of print.
But THE IDITAROD FACT BOOK contains much new and updated content in a more
affordable format with information about the champions, the dogs, organizers,
volunteers, and sponsors who make this great race possible.
(Paperback -- February 2001)
Winterdance:
The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
by Gary Paulsen
Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x
9.27 x 6.09
Harcourt; ISBN: 0151262276; (March 1, 1994)
The
Speed Mushing Manual: How to Train Racing Sled Dogs
by Jim Welch
(Paperback -- October 1989)
Fan's
Guide to the Iditarod
by Mary H. Hood, et al
(Hardcover -- November 1996)
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The
Last Great Race: The Iditarod
by Tim Jones
(Paperback -- August 1988)
Adventure
in Alaska: An Amazing True Story of the World's Longest, Toughest Dog Sled
Race (Read It to Believe It)
by Karen Meyer (Illustrator), Sydelle A. Kramer
(Paperback -- November 1993)
Iditarod
Dreams: A Year in the Life of Alaskan Sled Dog Racer Deedee Jonrowe
by Lew Freedman, et al
(Paperback -- February 1995)
Iditarod
Country: Exploring the Route of the Last Great Race
by Tricia Brown, et al
(Hardcover -- February 1998)
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Lessons
My Sled Dog Taught Me: Humor and Heartwarming Tails from Alaska's Mushers
by Tricia Brown (Editor)
(Hardcover -- September 1998)
Iditarod
Classics: Tales of the Trail from the Men and Women Who Race Across Alaska
by Lew Freedman, et al
(Paperback -- February 1992)
Yukon
Alone : The World's Toughest Adventure Race
by John Balzar
Twelve dogs, a sled, and your wits versus 1,023 miles of danger, snow,
ice, and wilderness. The Yukon Quest is possibly the toughest race on earth.
Held earlier, farther inland, and at a more northerly latitude than its
famous cousin, the Iditarod, mushers on the Yukon Quest routinely experience
temperatures dropping to 40 below zero, with 50 below not uncommon. Winning
isn't everything; just finishing is an achievement in itself. John Balzar
tells the story of the Quest, the dogs, and the mushers in Yukon Alone.
Balzar, a roving correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, volunteered
to act as the press liaison for the 1998 Yukon Quest. As such, he traveled
the length of the trail, sharing cabin floors with resting mushers, shivering
as temperatures dropped to 50 below, and becoming somewhat delirious from
sleep deprivation. Balzar does an excellent job of capturing the frozen
feel of the race:
The visibility worsens and now Bruce cannot see his leaders in the
swirling merger of snowpack and wind. He searches anxiously for a glimpse
of a wooden stake that will tell him that his dogs have not wandered off
the trail, perhaps to the edge of a cliff. Bruce is not conscious of time
or of distance, but only of the wind in his face. The dogs appear to be
moving forward, but there is no way to measure progress.
He also paints warm portraits of the mushers--men and women like Mike
King, a 37-year-old biker with a Harley-Davidson patch on his sled bag
and a tattoo of the Quest trail covering one third of his back; William
Kleedehn, who finished seventh in the 1998 race despite his prosthetic
leg; Aliy Zirkle, a rookie musher who recovered from losing a dog to finish
the race.
Balzar describes the Quest as "a mixture of celebration and ordeal";
Yukon Alone will inspire a mixture of envy, admiration, and relief. Envy
of the free-spirited mushers, admiration of their strength and dedication,
and relief that they're the ones fighting their way up American Summit
in a blizzard with a 70-below wind chill. A gripping read. Mush on! --Sunny
Delaney - Amazon.com
Yukon
Quest : The 1,000-Mile Dog Sled Race Through the Yukon and Alaska
by John Firth, Lost Moose
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