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1) Dogteam
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Description
Portrays the excitement, the danger, and the beauty of a night run.
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Sammy Day takes a job with Bill the Dogman, a peculiar man who breeds sled dogs, despite warnings that he could never survive. If he makes it a year and a day, Goldie Mahan will marry him. After the first day he begins to doubt if he will survive, but he is too stubborn to quit"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Up north,
the summers are brief --
and winter, like death,
is cold and long . . .
Recovering from knee surgery that will cause her to miss the upcoming dogsled racing season, champion "musher" Jessie Arnold feels empty and bored -- so she grabs an opportunity to fill her days manning the Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair. But murder becomes an attraction here as well -- an especially brutal one -- when the corpse of a small-time hoodlum...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Sled dogs have been serving humans since they were first tamed and broken to the trace thousands of years ago. Their history of supporting soldiers is much more recent and for all its drama and heroism, remains little known. This hundred-year history of canine military service from the frozen reaches of Alaska to the snowy battlefields of World Wars I and II is told fully for the first time in this book by former army officer and longtime sled dog...
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, who is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. He earns a reputation for his strength and courage, and is rescued from a series of bad owners by John Thornton, who teaches him to love. When John is...
9) Aunt Lulu
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
Tired of working as a librarian in Alaska, Aunt Lulu takes her sled and her fourteen Huskies and moves to Parsippany, New Jersey
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The call of the wild: Buck, a dog bred for a life of ease on a California estate is kidnapped and sold to Klondike gold hunters. To survive the biting cold and his ruthless masters, Buck must listen to the Call and learn the ways of his wolf-ancestors who guide him from within.
White Fang: A half-wolf, half-dog is nearly destroyed by the vicious cruelty of mankind. Brought to the very brink of his existence, White Fang is lucky enough to experience...
11) Canadian Red
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Mountie Lucas Donovan chases a ruthless serial killer whose victims include Lucas' twin brother. Taking an administrative leave and accompanied by his malamute sled dog, Lucas crosses the border into the U.S. and faces a struggle for survival in the unfamiliar, unfriendly country. But a greater struggle is between his code of honor and his desire for revenge"--
12) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
13) The masterman
Author
Publisher
Leisure Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
For five years, fugitive Bob Melville has held grudge against Steve Christy, the man who framed him. Christy soon arrives at the cabin of Melville's only friend, injured and seeking refuge. Soon, Christy has no choice but to agree to a fatal plan. He will have one hour's lead time to escape, then Melville will set out after him, dead set on exacting revenge.
14) Ever constant
Author
Series
Treasures of Nome volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs, but her life is full of complications that push her over the edge. When sickness spreads in outlying villages, Dr. Peter Cameron turns to Whitney and her dogs for help navigating the deep snow, and together they discover that sometimes it's only in weakness you can find strength"--
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom—a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands in Central Park to this day, and the dog even starred in his own Hollywood movie. But what happened to Balto after the hoopla died down? With a...
16) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
Author
Series
Jungle book (Easy reader classics) volume 5
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"When a terrible snowstorm strikes, Quiquern knows it's up to him to save his village from going hungry. And so he sets off on a sled with his dog for a great adventure"--P. [4] of cover
Language
English
Formats
Description
Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in...
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