Wonderful adventure,
"Author, Tim Jones is one of the most knowlegeable Iditarod writers around. He weaves history into his narrative and captures the charactor and culture of the various check points along the way. He conveys the stark splendor of the country and the competition without falling into lyrical excess. This book is for anyone intrigued by Alaska, dogs, or adventure." (comments from Associated Press)
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Rural Alaska - A World Apart,
This review is from: Last Great Race (Paperback)
I am actually living for the summer in one of the towns (Elim) that is along the Iditarod race trail. In this book, Tim Jones chronicles the 1979 race which he followed by small prop plane. His book gives an excellent combination of suspenseful race details, villiage histories, and quirky biographies of the people associated with this great race. Fascinating reading for anyone on the "outside," as Alaskans call the people of the lower 48. Expose yourself to a different world and read this never dull book. I found myself racing to the finish just like the participants - on little sleep, exhausted, but exhilarated.
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This review is from: Last Great Race (Paperback)
This was an excellant book. There is a real love between the musher and his dogs. The book had warmth, excitement and peril. It is amazing the number of people involved in this race. There is more than one story in this book. I want to read it again.
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This review is from: Last Great Race (Paperback)
This was an excellant book. There is a real love between the musher and his dogs. The book had warmth, excitement and peril. It is amazing the number of people involved in this race. There is more than one story in this book. I want to read it again.
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EIGHT HUNDRED SLED DOGS YIPPED AND HOWLED IN THEIR TRACES OUTside Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
day behind the leaders, one musher, trail committee, race marshal, other mushers, most mushers, race trail, diphtheria serum, drive bow, swing dogs, snow hook, wheel dogs, training trails, sled dog race, next checkpoint, faster teams, fourteen dogs, own sled, dog drivers, dog drop, twenty dogs, snow machine, race officials, dog team, glare ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Iditarod Trail, Crazy Horse, Emmitt Peters, Joe May, Joe Redington, Rick Swenson, Rainy Pass, Susan Butcher, Terry Adkins, Ken Chase, Front Street, Yukon River, Sonny Lindner, Dick Mackey, Don Honea, Jerry Riley, Rick Mackey, Eep Anderson, Del Allison, Days Hours Minutes Seconds Prize Money, Ron Aldrich, Herbie Nayokpuk, Norton Bay, Patty Friend, Gary Hokkanen New!
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EIGHT HUNDRED SLED DOGS YIPPED AND HOWLED IN THEIR TRACES OUTside Mulcahy Stadium in Anchorage. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
day behind the leaders, one musher, trail committee, race marshal, other mushers, most mushers, race trail, diphtheria serum, drive bow, swing dogs, snow hook, wheel dogs, training trails, sled dog race, next checkpoint, faster teams, fourteen dogs, own sled, dog drivers, dog drop, twenty dogs, snow machine, race officials, dog team, glare ice Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Iditarod Trail, Crazy Horse, Emmitt Peters, Joe May, Joe Redington, Rick Swenson, Rainy Pass, Susan Butcher, Terry Adkins, Ken Chase, Front Street, Yukon River, Sonny Lindner, Dick Mackey, Don Honea, Jerry Riley, Rick Mackey, Eep Anderson, Del Allison, Days Hours Minutes Seconds Prize Money, Ron Aldrich, Herbie Nayokpuk, Norton Bay, Patty Friend, Gary Hokkanen New!
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- Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles on page 245
- Gary Paulsen (Learning Works Meet the Author Series) by Stephanie True Peters on page 258
- Crazy Horse by Judith St. George on page 187
- The North Pole by Kathan Brown on page 257
- Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome by Bill Sherwonit on page 71, and Back Matter
- Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles in Back Matter
- Winter Watch by James Ramsey in Back Matter
- The Iditarod Fact Book: A Complete Guide to the Last Great Race by Tricia Brown on page 143
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