Book one: Iditarod, the race and the life -- Chapter one: Reflections in an old log cabin -- Chapter two: Lloyd's leaders -- Chapter three: Lost on the South Fork -- Chapter four: The Anvik River -- Chapter five: Trail hazards -- Chapter six: Head games -- Chapter seven: A dog named tiger -- Chapter eight: Ghosts -- Chapter nine: Moving to Petersville, 1984 -- Chapter ten: Forks Roadhouse Race, 1984 -- Chapter eleven: Don's Iditarod 200, 1984 -- Chapter twelve: Race to Finger Lake, 1985 -- Chapter thirteen: Finger Lake to Rohn Checkpoint, 1985 -- Chapter fourteen: Freight train -- Chapter fifteen: A musher's bond with his dogs -- Chapter sixteen: Cold on the Yukon River -- Chapter seventeen: Blizzard out of Shaktoolik, pinned on the ice, 1985 -- Chapter eighteen: The toughest musher -- Chapter nineteen: Mentors -- Chapter twenty: The final chapter? -- A musher's prayer -- Book two: Iditarod Committee service -- Iditarod official finishers club -- Board of directors -- Building Iditarod headquarters -- HSUS wars of the 1990s -- Iditarod organization -- First rookie seminar -- Rules committee -- Race management -- Along the race trail to Nome -- Summary -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Editorial by Craig Medred, Anchorage Daily News, December 23, 1991. Susan Butcher's 1985 moose encounter -- Appendix B: Article by Bill Sherwonit, Anchorage Times, May 21, 1985. Iditarod's concern for the dogs and rules to assure dog care -- Appendix C: Article by Bill Sherwonit, Anchorage Times, August 4, 1985. Rick Swenson's feelings over mismanagement of the 1985 race -- Appendix D: Article, Anchorage Daily News, March 14, 1985. Restart Snafu penalizes some Iditarod mushers, helps others -- Appendix E: Article by Bill Sherwonit, Anchorage Times, February 23, 1986. Iditarod chief wants race 'integrity' -- Index.