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 enlarge | Author: Gary Paulsen
Publisher: Harvest Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  144 reviews
Sales Rank: 4033
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.8
ISBN: 0156001454
Dewey Decimal Number: 798.8092
EAN: 9780156001458
ASIN: 0156001454
Publication Date: February 17, 1995
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Awesome Book, Bought by Mistake January 21, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I thought it was going to be about some kind of arctic triathalon. It was soooo much more. Paulsen's prose is earthy and engaging. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes dogs, Alaska, or gritty outdoor tales.
Laugh Out Loud January 6, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this book. I laughed out loud and I will never look at a dog in the same way ever again.
Fabulous read January 5, 2007
The book captured my attention from the onset....It was such a fascinating read, that I went from horror, outright fear, and laughing out loud in minutes! It was wonderful, educational and thoroughly enjoyable...Highly recommend it!
 A great read on a cold winter's night January 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This fast paced 256-page narrative tells a colorful tale of how the author trained his dog sledding team in northern Minnesota and then completed his first 1180-plus mile Iditarod sled race across Alaska. The injury-plagued agony of training the near-wild dogs in Minnesota is daunting in itself, but the hazards of the Iditarod trail - moose attacks, falling down canyon walls, blizzards, 60-degree below zero cold, thin sea ice, injuries, hallucinating fatigue - blend together into what most people would find almost incomprehensible agony. And far from "placing" in the race the author is far back in the pack where simply completing the event is an accomplishment few people will ever know.
The story centers on Paulsen's fifteen dogs; their personalities, habits, behavior and, above all, their apparent passion for pulling the sled and driver without complaint. In fact, on numerous occasions they simply can't be stopped. And their instinctive violent aggressiveness toward most every living creature they encounter, including the sled drivers, is daunting.
Recommended for anyone who wants a participant's view of a epic subzero adventure with a pack of semi-wild dogs in a frozen wasteland, but prefers the vicarious experience of reading about it while snug in a comfortable chair.
There's a sketch map to help follow the action. And there are 20 photos of the terrain in Alaska, life on the trail and the author's dog teams (although, oddly, no picture of his favorite dog, Cookie).
Most fun I've had reading a book in a long time December 3, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is really a wonderful book, full of humor, excitement, sadness, and most importantly adventure. If you own northern breed sled dogs, which I do, you will be able to relate to the stories of admiration and respect that Paulsen has for these dogs. I had the opportunity to live in Alaska for three years and Paulsen's descriptions of the beauty and cold of Alaska made me feel like I was there once again. Each chapter was an on going adventure and you never knew what to expect with each upcoming page. I will admit that this was the most fun I've had reading a book in a very long time.
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