The Great Serum Race Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S Miller & Jon Van Zyle
Brand: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Product Description
In the winter of 1925 Nome Alaska was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town but the only cure for the community of more than 1400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchoragehundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled. Twenty teams braved subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions to run over 600 miles in six days in a desperate relay race that saved the people of Nome. Several of the dogs including Togo and Balto became national heroes. Today their efforts and those of the courageous mushers are commemorated every March by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Jon Van Zyles stunning oil paintings capture the brutal conditions pristine wilderness and sheer guts and determination demonstrated by the heroic mushers and dogs. show more
Condition : New
Author : Debbie S Miller Jon Van Zyle
Weight : 311
Publisher : Bloomsbury U.S.A. Childrens Books
Language : English
EAN : 9780802777232
ISBN10 : 0802777236
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20020601
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 215 X 255 X 3mm