The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

“A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man’s best friend.” —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn’t fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and immortalized Balto, the lead dog of the last team whose bronze statue still stands in New York City’s Central Park. This is the greatest dog story, never fully told until now.Additional ISBNs: 0393325709, 0393019624, 0747568588, 0747568898, 9780393325706, 9780393019629, 9780747568582, 9780747568896The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic is written by Gay Salisbury; Laney Salisbury and published by W. W. Norton & Company. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic are 9780393076219, 0393076210 and the print ISBNs are 9780393325706, 0393325709.