Record details

• ISBN: 0882405349
• ISBN: 9780882405346
• Physical Description: 119 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
• Publisher: Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books, ©2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 115) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction, the indispensable dog of the northland -- Stickeen, glacier explorer -- Before the gold rush -- John Muir, glacier guru -- The Tahltan bear dog -- Julian, mighty mastiff -- The Klondike gold rush -- The mastiff, gentle giant -- Mounties and their dogs [RCMP, Royal Canadian Mounted Police] -- Sergeant Preston and King -- Nero, big dog, big heart -- The St. Bernard to the rescue -- Literary lead dogs -- Dog wanted -- Hudson Stuck and his dogs -- Yukon, his mater's guardian -- One-man dog -- Dead Horse Trail -- Soapy Smith and Skagway -- The demise of Soapy Smith -- Joe Burke, dog and man -- Faust, fearless friend -- The American water spaniel -- No roads lead to Nome -- The malamute -- Working dogs of the north -- The pupmobile.

Baldy, loyal leader -- The mixed-breed sled dog -- Sled-dog racing in Nome -- Scotty Allan -- Native mushers, keeping the spirit alive [Aboriginal peoples] -- Baldy's biographer -- Togo, born to lead -- Siberian husky -- Great Serum Run of 1925 -- Leonhard Seppala -- A Harrowing ride -- Balto, hero of the hour -- the Lapphund, Norwegian reindeer dog -- Carrying the mail -- On the Iditarod Trail -- Patsy Ann, Princess of the Piers -- Juneau Gold -- Sole survivor -- The bull terrier.

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Subject:

Dogs > Alaska > History > 19th century.
Dogs > Alaska > History > 20th century.
Dogs > Yukon > History > 19th century.
Dogs > Yukon > History > 20th century.
Frontier and pioneer life > Alaska.
Frontier and pioneer life > Yukon.
Dogs.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Alaska.
Yukon.

Genre:

History.