Iditarod [en]
Race Across Alaska
First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story
Autor: Libby Riddles, Tim Jones
Libby Riddles wanted an adventure. At the age of 16 she left home for the snowy frontiers of Alaska, the Last Frontier. There her love of animals drew her to the sport of sled dog racing. When she entered the Iditarod, the famous marathon from Anchorage to Nome, she was just another Iditarod Nobody. Twelve hundred miles later, having conquered blizzards, extreme cold, and exhaustion, she and her dogs crossed the final stretch of sea ice, miles ahead of the nearest competitor...and suddenly she realised: I will be the first woman to win the Iditarod. This is the story of a courageous woman and her heroic dogs. This is the story of Libby Riddles's adventure.
Storm Run
The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race
Autor: Libby Riddles
Riddles tells her own story: how she became interested in mushing, the training that prepared her for the event, and, finally, a day-by-day account of the extreme, grueling conditions during the race, covering over 1,000 miles of Alaska's roughest country. The text rambles in places, and the specifics of training may lose some readers. But Riddles' live-off-the-land lifestyle and unusual workout practices (chocolate and seal oil are her power foods) will intrigue young athletes and pioneer-wannabes, and her passion for her dogs and devotion to their care will draw animal lovers. Sporadic color photos mix with Cartwright's straightforward watercolors that show routes, gear, and action scenes on the trail.
Murder on the Iditarod Trail
Autor: Sue Henry , Atlantic Monthly
Iditarod Classics
Tales of the Trail from the Men and Women Who Race Across Alaska
Autor: Kew Freedman, Lew Freedman
"This book is terrific...I promise you, short of getting on a dog sled, traveling into the darkness, and running the Iditarod yourself, this will be the next best thing to being there."--Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press Blinding Blizzards. Freezing wind. Paralyzingly cold temperatures. The 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an annual marathan run from Anchorage to Nome across the nation's most forbidding and dangerous territory. The competitors in one of the world's toughest endurance contests must be resourceful, rugged, and resilient. Sometimes, they must make life and death choices. These are the stories -- in their own words -- of the men and women who challenge the elements. "Earthy & eloquent--each story an adventure." Juneau (Alaska) Empire
One Second to Glory
The Alaska Adventures of Iditarod Champion Dick Mackey
Autor: Lew Freedman
Iditarod cofounder and champion Dick Mackey approaches life in the North as nonstop adventure. He's been every-where and done everything in Alaska, soaking up more adventure and excitement than ten of the rest of us.
Adventures of the Iditarod Air Force
True Stories About the Pilots Who Fly for Alaska's Famous Sled Dog Race
Autor: Ted Mattson
Ted Mattson tells a quarter-century's worth of tales of the volunteer pilots' exploits above the trail--some funny, some somber--about what happens when a team of rambunctious dogs decides to exit the cabin of a fabric-covered airplane, about landing on sea ice in whiteout conditions, about miracle rescues and tragedies. It's the story of a sidelight to the Iditarod race that can be as exciting and as colorful as the main event.
Akiak A Tale From The Iditarod
Autor: Robert Blake
Dogs of the Iditarod
Autor: Jeff Schultz
Dogs of the Iditarod showcases the athleticism of Alaska’s sled dogs, animals capable of maintaining speeds of 12 miles per hour over the 1,100-mile Iditarod trail. The 75 memorable images from renowned photographer Jeff Schultz highlight a number of champion lead dogs and capture the beloved creatures at work, at rest, and at play.
Winterdance
The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod
Autor: Gary Paulsen
Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod--the 1150-mile winter sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome-- in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. Winterdance is his account of this seventeen-day battle against Nature's worst elements and his own frailty.
Backstage Iditarod
Autor: June Price
BACKSTAGE IDITAROD is for the fan who wants more than to just watch a team take off from the start line. A collection of stories both new and old, it's a guide for those who yearn to know what it's really like on 4th Avenue; what they would see, hear and touch.
Running With Champions
A Midlife Journey on the Iditarod Trail
Autor: Lisa Frederic
My free fall into the world of sled dogs came quickly, and late in life.
Iditarod Glory
Autor: Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, Jeff Schultz
As the Iditarod's official photographer since 1981, JEFF SCHULTZ has documented this amazing combination of frontier spirit, physical endurance, and human-dog connection in a stunningly beautiful and sometimes brutal landscape.
Back of the Pack
An Iditarod Rookie Musher's Alaska Pilgrimage to Nome
Autor: Don Bowers
Once infected with the mushing virus, there is no cure -- there is only the trail" Don Bowers learned the truth of these words as he lived his dream of running Alaska’s grueling 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
More Iditarod Classics
Tales of the Trail from the Men & Women Who Race Across Alaska
Autor: Lew Freedman, Jon Van Zyle
Picking up where the best-selling IDITAROD CLASSICS left off, MORE IDITAROD CLASSICS introduces readers to more of the men and women who brave the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome.
Iditarod Fact Book
A Complete Guide to the Last Great Race
Autor: Tricia Brown
The Iditarod Fact Book is jam-packed with fascinating facts and figures about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Woodsong
Autor: Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen
Paulsen, who has received Newbery Honors for three of his novels, is the best author of man-against-nature adventures writing today. Woodsong is an autobiographical celebration of his longtime love of dogsledding and sled dogs, a love that suffused the pages of his best novel, Dogsong.
