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Author:

Miller, Debbie S.

Title:

The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail / Debbie S. Miller ; illustrations by Jon van Zyle.

Publisher:

Walker & Co,

Copyright Date:

2002

Description:

1 v. (unnumbered) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 23 x 29 cm.

Subject:

Iditarod (Race.)
Iditarod (Race.)--Juvenile literature.
Balto (Dog.)
Dogs.
Sled dogs.
Sled dogs.--Alaska--Juvenile literature.
Mushers--Alaska--Juvenile literature.
Siberian husky.
Diphtheria antitoxin--Juvenile literature.
Togo (Dog.)
Diphtheria--History.
Diphtheria--Nome--Nome--Juvenile literature.
Alaska--History--1867-1959.
Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska)--History--Juvenile literature.

Other Authors:

Van Zyle, Jon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

Indexed by:

Kirkus 10/01/2002.
SLJ Nov 2002.

ISBN:

0802788122 (lib. bdg.) :
9780802788122 (lib. bdg.) :

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

SGPD074 -- Evansdale Public Library (Evansdale)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

YDPC572 -- Lisbon Public Library (Lisbon)

RUPC135 -- Manson Public Library (Manson)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

BXPC851 -- Roland Public Library (Roland)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)