The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail
Title
:
The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail
Personal Author EPSB
:
Debbie S. Miller
Summary
:
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.
Year Published
:
2006,
2002
Physical Description
:
[44] p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 22 x 28 cm.
Edition
:
1st pbk. ed.
Conference Subject
:
Iditarod (Race)
Subject
:
Sled dogs -- Alaska.
Mushers -- Alaska.
Diphtheria -- Alaska -- Nome.
Diphtheria antitoxin.
Togo (Dog)
Balto (Dog)
Sled dogs.
Siberian husky.
Dogs.
Diphtheria -- History.
Geographic Term
:
Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska) -- History.
Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
Added Author
:
Van Zyle, Jon,
Summary
:
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.
ISBN
:
9780802777232
Publisher
:
New York : Walker & Co., 2006, c2002.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
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| Lansdowne | 919 MIL | Book | 30180000175442 | Checked out |