Granite

Granite
Author: Susan Butcher
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0975402900

During a raging Arctic blizzard, Granite helps Susan and the rest of the dogs brave the storm and win the Iditarod.

Susan Butcher, Sled Dog Racer

Susan Butcher, Sled Dog Racer
Author: Ginger Wadsworth
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1994
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Profiles the four-time winner of the Iditarod sled dog race.

Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail

Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail
Author: Ellen M. Dolan
Publisher: Walker & Company
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1996-03-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780802774965

Describes the annual dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and the life of the woman who was the first person to win it for three consecutive years.

Race Across Alaska

Race Across Alaska
Author: Libby Riddles
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1988-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780785773931

For use in schools and libraries only. The author recounts her experiences in the 1985 Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome Alaska, and shares her insights on strategy, sled dogs, and winter survival.

Champion of Alaskan Huskies

Champion of Alaskan Huskies
Author: Katie Mangelsdorf
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2011-07-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1594332460

Joe Redington Sr. was an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams—and buckets of determination! His vision was as vast as the majestic Alaska landscape he loved to explore. This firsthand account is of the man whose love for the Alaskan husky and the Iditarod Trail evolved into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Joe’s adventurous spirit, fierce perseverance, and creative heart burned strong within his character and enabled the impossible to become a reality. His spell-binding stories and genuine love of Alaska drew people into his dreams. This is the story of those unique feats that defined Joe’s life, and built the foundation for the most demanding and famous sled dog race in the world.

Ladies First

Ladies First
Author: Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9781663610638

Iditarod

Iditarod
Author: Penny Rennick
Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2003-06
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Alaska Geographic is an award-winning series that presents the people, places, and wonders of Alaska to the world. Over the past 30 years, Alaska Geographic has earned its reputation as the publication for those who love Alaska. The series boasts more than 100 books to date, featuring communities from Barrow to Ketchikan, animals from bears to dinosaurs, history from the Russian explorers to today, and natural phenomena from the aurora to glaciers. Written by leading experts in their fields, these books are illustrated throughout with world-class photography and include colorful maps for reference.

Skijor with Your Dog

Skijor with Your Dog
Author: Mari Høe-Raitto
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1602231877

Skijoring, or being pulled on skis by a dog in harness, is a great sport in which almost everyone—and almost any breed of dog—can participate. It requires little beyond a pair of skis and a dog with a desire to pull. The second edition of this popular and practical guide to the sport covers what equipment is needed, how to teach a dog to pull, and how to work with your dog year-round. Although it is geared toward beginners, Skijor with Your Dog offers plenty of useful information for experienced skijorers as well, including racing tips, how to involve children, how to camp and travel with dogs, and how to train for competition. The book also covers canicross, bikejoring, and other ways to work with dogs when there’s no snow.With this book in hand, readers will have all the information they need to begin enjoying the outdoors with their dogs in a whole new way.

Rebel in a Dress: Adventurers

Rebel in a Dress: Adventurers
Author: Sylvia Branzei
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 147
Release: 2011-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0762443855

For the rebel in every girl's heart, this series presents the achievements of extraordinary, relevant, and inspiring women throughout history. Through quotes, narratives, photographs, illustrations, and fact-filled side-bars, each book tells the story of twelve bold and courageous women. When the world told them to stay put, these twelve adventurers took to the skies, slopes, and seas. From the daring aviator Amelia Earhart to the relentless photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White, these brave women will dare you to follow your dreams. Featured adventurers include Gudridur Thorbjarnarsdottir (Viking traveler), Susan Butcher (dog sled racer), Kit DesLauriers (skier), Valentina Tereshkova (astronaut), Bessie Coleman (pilot), Janet Guthrie (racecar driver), Sophie Blanchard (balloonist), Nellie Bly (journalist), Gertrude Ederle (English Channel swimmer), and Dr. Diana Hoff (Atlantic Ocean rower).

This Much Country

This Much Country
Author: Kristin Knight Pace
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1538762390

A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod. In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept an offer to live at a friend's cabin outside of Denali National Park in Alaska for a few months. In exchange for housing, she would take care of her friend's eight sled dogs. That winter, she learned that she was tougher than she ever knew. She learned how to survive in one of the most remote places on earth and she learned she was strong enough to be alone. She fell in love twice: first with running sled dogs, and then with Andy, a gentle man who had himself moved to Alaska to heal a broken heart. Kristin and Andy married and started a sled dog kennel. While this work was enormously satisfying, Kristin became determined to complete the Iditarod -- the 1,000-mile dogsled race from Anchorage, in south central Alaska, to Nome on the western Bering Sea coast. THIS MUCH COUNTRY is the story of renewal and transformation. It's about journeying across a wild and unpredictable landscape and finding inner peace, courage and a true home. It's about pushing boundaries and overcoming paralyzing fears.