Winterdance
Subtitle: the fine madness of running the Iditarod
By: Gary Paulsen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780151262274
Subjects: Mushers; Iditarod (Race); Biography
Other titles: Winter dance.
Description: Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod, the 1150-mile winter sled-dog race between Anchorage and Nome, in dangerous ignorance and with fierce determination.  Winterdance is his account of this seventeen-day battle against Nature's worst elements and his own frailty.
Notes: Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 6.0 10.
Table of contents: title: Dogs --; title: Beginnings --; title: Dogs from hell --; title: Major wrecks --; title: Becoming dog --; title: First snow --; title: Alaska --; title: Race --; title: Pre-race --; title: Eagle River --; title: Skwentva --; title: Finger Lake --; title: Rainy Pass --; title: Dalzell Gorge and the Burn --; title: McGrath --; title: Interior --; title: Don's cabin --; title: Shageluk --; title: Yukon --; title: Unalakleet --; title: Norton Sound --; title: Nome.