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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gay Salisbury, Laney SalisburyPublish date:2005-02-17Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393325706ISBN-10:393325709UPC:9780393325706Book Category:Medical, HistoryBook Subcategory:Forensic Medicine, United States, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.18 x 5.52 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCRBR7A6G4

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393325706ISBN-10:393325709UPC:9780393325706Book Category:Medical, HistoryBook Subcategory:Forensic Medicine, United States, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:8.18 x 5.52 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCRBR7A6G4
Salisbury, Gay: - Gay Salisbury is the former associate publisher of Basic Books. She splits her time between Fairbanks, Alaska, and New York City.Salisbury, Laney: - Laney Salisbury, a Columbia Journalism School graduate, has reported from Africa, the Middle East, and New York. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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