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The Great Serum Race: Blazing The Iditarod Trail
By Jon Van Zyle (illustrator) and Debbie S. Miller
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Walker & Co
Publication date February 21, 2006
Pages 40
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Easy Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780802777232
ISBN-10 0802777236
Dimensions 0.25 by 11 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Original list price $9.99
Other format details juvenile
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Summary
Relates 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, and includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it. Reprint.
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Ride shotgun with the heroic mushers whose bravery inspired the Iditarod.

In the winter of 1925, Nome, Alaska, was hit by an unexpected and deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Officials immediately quarantined the town, but the only cure for the community of more than 1,400 people was antitoxin serum and the nearest supply was in Anchorage―hundreds of miles of snowbound wilderness away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled.

Twenty teams braved subzero temperatures and blizzard conditions to run over 600 miles in six days in a desperate relay race that saved the people of Nome. Several of the dogs, including Togo and Balto, became national heroes. Today their efforts, and those of the courageous mushers, are commemorated every March by the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Jon Van Zyle's stunning oil paintings capture the brutal conditions, pristine wilderness, and sheer guts and determination demonstrated by the heroic mushers and dogs.



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780802788115
 
from Walker & Co (September 1, 2002)
9780802788115 | details & prices | 32 pages | 8.75 × 11.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.00 lbs | List price $17.95
About: 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.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780802777232
 
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Reprint edition from Walker & Co (February 21, 2006)
9780802777232 | details & prices | 40 pages | 11.00 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.40 lbs | List price $9.99
About: 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.
Library
Book cover for 9780802788122
 
from Walker & Co (September 1, 2002)
9780802788122 | details & prices | 32 pages | 11.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 1.00 lbs | List price $18.85
About: 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.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9781417815623 Book cover for 9781439552360
 
With Jon Van Zyle (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Paw Prints (April 9, 2009)
9781439552360 | details & prices | 40 pages | 11.00 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.84 lbs | List price $17.95
from Turtleback Books (March 1, 2008)
9781417815623 | details & prices | 11.00 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 4-6 | 0.90 lbs | List price $19.60
About: Ride shotgun with the heroic mushers whose bravery inspired the Iditarod.

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