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Summary: Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 798.8 PAUCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 798.8 PAUBerglund, Bruce R.
Summary: "In January 1925, many people in Nome, Alaska, and the surrounding area were sick and dying from an outbreak of diphtheria. A supply of medicine was found but there was one problem-it was hundreds of miles away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled. Ride along with the heroic sled dog Togo and his owner, Leonhard Sepalla, as they make a dangerous journey across Alaska's unforgiving...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.73 BERCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.73 BERKeith, Katherine
Summary: Tells the story of the author's hunger for remote, wild places, which take her across America and then to Alaska, where she finds her true home in its vast and rugged landscape. She and her husband build a log cabin miles from the nearest road; after tragic loss, Keith and her infant daughter must push on alone in the Alaskan backcountry. Long-distance dog sledding opens a door to a new...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEITH, KATHERINE KEIWarren, Susan May
Summary: "A decade after leaving his family's bush pilot operation to become a Pararescue Jumper, Dodge Kingston is back home in Alaska. He hadn't counted on meeting up again with Echo, a girl with a spirit as free as the sky. When she goes missing, he hopes all her skills will keep her safe until he can reach her-and that she'll accept his help when he does"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WARSummary: After being named in his birth mother's will, Miami dentist Ted Brooks travels to Alaska to claim the inheritance, her team of sled dogs. Now he must learn how to race them or give them up to a crusty mountain man who wants the dogs for himself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2002
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family SnowHenry, Sue
Summary: After months of recuperating from knee surgery, Jessie Arnold is eager to begin training for this year's Iditarod. With the loving care of Alaska state trooper Alex Jensen, her convalescence wasn't as painful as it could have been, but she and her dogs have a lot of work to do if they're going to qualify for the race. Jessie's first practice run goes smoothly until her sled hits a bump along...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENHenry, Sue
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENHenry, Sue
Summary: Foregoing her sled dog training after knee surgery, a bored Jessie Arnold goes to help in an Iditarod booth at the Alaska State Fair, but the event is overshadowed by a murder and the disappearance of her lead dog.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS HENMackey, Lance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zorro Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACKEY, LANCE MACPaulsen, Gary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.8 PAUBraverman, Blair
Summary: "A revelatory memoir of the author's efforts to develop the strength and resilience to survive in the demanding landscapes of Norway and Alaska describes her physically exhausting survival endeavors on a ruthless arctic tundra marked by violent natural and human threats. 30,000 first printing,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRAVERMAN, BLAIR BRAHenry, Sue
Summary: With her cabin a pile of ashes and her life in pieces, champion Alaskan "musher" Jessie Arnold has gratefully accepted a friend's proposal that she drive his motor home up from Idaho, along the Alaska Highway--a breathtaking, two thousand-mile-long route winding past hot springs, glaciers, and ice-blue lakes. But the idyllic trip takes a dark turn when a teenage hitchhiker brings terror aboard....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HENHenry, Sue
Summary: Sleuth Jessie Arnold, a dog sledder, flees to a remote island of Alaska to avoid a stalker who has attacked her dogs. State trooper Alex Jensen tries to find him before the stalker finds her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS HENRiddles, Libby.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stackpole Books 1988
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Summary: Rescuing a neglected Siberian husky with whom she forges a deep bond, Rosalie finds herself immersed in rural Wisconsin's competitive dogsled racing circles, where she learns the sport's tragic ties to the losses of Siberia's husky-loving Chukchi culture.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THASummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EIG RATED PGCopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Family Eight 2006Summary: "The Great Alone" is an award-winning documentary packed with adventure and thrills that follows the inspiring comeback story of four-time Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey and his indestructible love and passion for dog sledding, his family and the infamous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. The first ever in history to win four consecutive Iditarod races, Lance Mackey faces ongoing battles with his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FilmRise 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC GREPaulsen, Gary.
Contents: The Dogs. Beginnings -- Dogs from hell -- Major wrecks -- Becoming dog -- First snow -- Alaska -- The Race. Pre-race -- Eagle River -- Skwentna -- Finger Lake -- Rainy Pass -- Dalzell Gorge and the Burn -- McGrath -- The interior -- Don's cabin -- Shageluk -- The Yukon -- Unalakleet -- Norton Sound -- Nome -- An end.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace 1995
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 798.8 PAUWhitelaw, Ian
Summary: "Mushers and their dogs race through wind, ice, and snow. Climb aboard!"--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2008
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED WHIFenske, Jonathan
Summary: Plankton tries hard to get Mister Mussel to return a friendly greeting, but when Mussel finally opens his mouth the results are unfortunate for Plankton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FENSummary: "Many of us have vivid recollections of childhood visits to the public library: the unmistakable, slightly musty scent, the excitement of checking out a stack of newly-discovered books. Today's libraries also function as de facto community centers, and offer free access to the Internet, job-hunting assistance, or a warm place to take shelter along with the endless possibilities that spark your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton Architectural Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 027.7 DAWPreston, Douglas J.
Summary: When New York City construction workers uncover the remains of thirty-six people murdered and dismembered over 130 years ago, archaeologist Nora Kelly and Special Agent Pedergast set out to investigate the killings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002