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

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

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 02/17/2005
ISBN: 9780393325706
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.52w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kliatt 05/01/2005 pg. 45
Ingram Advance 02/01/2005 pg. 74

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 77825 / Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
Reading Level: 8.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16