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

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.

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

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

About the Author
Salisbury, Gay: - Gay Salisbury is the former associate publisher of Basic Books. She splits her time between Fairbanks, Alaska, and New York City. Salisbury, Laney: - Laney Salisbury, a Columbia Journalism School graduate, has reported from Africa, the Middle East, and New York. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.