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Title:
The great serum race : blazing the Iditarod Trail
JLCTITLE245:
Debbie S. Miller ; illustrations by Jon van Zyle.
Personal Author:
Miller, Debbie S.
Publication Information:
New York : Walker & Co., 2002.
Physical Description:
1 v. (unnumbered) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 23 x 29 cm.
ISBN:
9780802788122

9780802788115
Abstract:
The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.
Reading Level:
AD 910 L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5.6 1 Quiz 64587 English non-fiction.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Personal Subject:
Togo (Dog), 1913-1929-Juvenile literature.

Balto (Dog), 1919-1933-Juvenile literature.
Conference Subject:
Iditarod (Race) -- Juvenile literature.

Iditarod (Race). (OCoLC)fst01409870.
Subject Term:
Sled dogs -- Alaska -- Juvenile literature.

Mushers -- Alaska -- Juvenile literature.

Diphtheria -- Alaska -- Nome -- Juvenile literature.

Diphtheria antitoxin -- Juvenile literature.

Sled dogs -- Juvenile literature.

Siberian husky -- Juvenile literature.

Dogs -- Juvenile literature.

Diphtheria -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Mushers -- Juvenile literature.

Diphtheria -- Juvenile literature.

Balto (Dog)

Togo (Dog)

Sled dogs.

Siberian husky.

Dogs.

Diphtheria -- History.
Geographic Term:
Iditarod National Historic Trail (Alaska) -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959 -- Juvenile literature.

Alaska -- History -- 1867-1959.
Genre:
Juvenile materials.
Added Author:
Van Zyle, Jon.
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