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Title: Mushing a way to ward off evil spirits (Doghouse Classic Sled Dog Races in Edmonton).
Author: Terry Lusty
Publication: Wind Speaker (Newsletter)
Date: March 1, 1998
Publisher: Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA)
Volume: 15 Issue: 11 Page: 19
Distributed by Thomson Gale
Mushing a way to ward off evil spirits .: An article from: Wind Speaker
Nov 03
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Yukon Quest. Yukon River, List of Yukon Quest competitors, Sled dog, Fort Yukon, Alaska, Mushing, Carting, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, American Dog Derby, List of sled dog races, Yukon.
Yukon Quest: Yukon Quest. Yukon River, List of Yukon Quest competitors, Sled dog, Fort Yukon, Alaska, Mushing, Carting, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, American Dog Derby, List of sled dog races, Yukon
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1927. The autobiographical tales of an American missionary, naturalist and explorer in the territory of Alaska. Contents: Old Butler; Whence?; The Best of Parents; Childhood; Education; Northwestward Ho!; Up Against It; The Queer People; Beginnings; Blunders; The Gathering Cloud; The Storm; Victory; Superstition Dies Hard; Tearing Down and Building Up; Great Events; Organization; A Voyage of Enchantment; A Great Discovery; The Northern Tribes; Catastrophe and Compensation; The Hydas; A Busy Year; Real Progress; The Fire; Civil Government; The Worst Savages; Native Mythology; Last Years at Fort Wrangell; Good-Bye, Wrangell; The Great Stampede; The Survival of the Fittest; Religion in the Klondike; King Winter Fruition The Nome Rush; Progress Amid Confusion; The Fairbanks Stampede; Friendly Alaska and Lonely New York; The Homecoming; and L’Envoi.
Hall Young of Alaska: The Mushing Parson
Nov 01
- ISBN13: 9780679764113
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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O’Donoghue tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with 17 sled dogs with names like Rainy, Harley and Screech. O’Donoghue braved snowstorms, sickening wipeouts, and endured the contempt of more experienced racers. Narrated with icy elan and self deprecating wit, this is a true story of heroism, cussedness, and astonishing dumb luck.
My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian: Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod–the World’s Most Grueling Race
Oct 30
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Sled dogs have been serving humans since they were first tamed and broken to the trace thousands of years ago. Their history of supporting soldiers is much more recent and, for all its drama and heroism, remains little known. This hundred-year history of canine military service from the frozen reaches of Alaska to the snowy battlefields of World Wars I and II is told fully for the first time in this book by former army officer and longtime sled dog aficionado Charles L. Dean.
By way of original army documents, interviews with the last living dog drivers, and never before published photographs, Dean’s book tells a story that begins in Alaska, traverses two world wars and the Cold War era, and ends in the present-day Danish sledge patrol in Greenland. Here are the sled dogs drafted from Alaska and trained by French troops for use in the Vosges Mountains; improvised alpine sled dogs used by the Italians in the Great War; those deployed by the German SS in World War II; and others training in Montana’s Camp Rimini, Colorado’s Camp Hale, and Nebraska’s Fort Robinson. From the nitty-gritty of the making of a canine division to the high drama of dogs conducting daring rescues and parachuting to their destinations, this book richly supplies a missing chapter in military history and in the story of man’s best friend at war.
As an arctic expert in Alaska, Charles L. Dean led the Army High Altitude Mountain Rescue Team and taught military skiing and mountaineering at the Northern Warfare Training Center. He is a former army officer who served as a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam and as a jumpmaster with the 82nd Airborne Division. He is now a retired fire captain from the Colorado Springs Fire Department.
Soldiers and Sled Dogs: A History of Military Dog Mushing
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- ISBN13: 9780962364303
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
The Speed Mushing Manual: How to Train Racing Sled Dogs
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Dogged by financial problems the last several months, the Kuskokwim 300 appears to have maneuvered through tough sledding in advance of its 30th running in January.
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Oct 19
When it’s 48 degrees below zero in Alaska, your saliva can freeze in mid-air and your skin can freeze solid within three minutes of exposure. Read the rest of this entry »
Mar 03
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Many mushers can tell a story of a time when their dogs saved them — sometimes on the trail, sometimes off. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 31
“What a hoot,” Brynn Acheson laughed, patting Don Quixote, her German shepherd-chow. “He did wonderful, but mom kept falling.” Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 31
Katie Harris of Iliff returned home with a first place finish during competition in the eighth annual Third Crossing Sled Dog Rendezvous last weekend in Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 31
Musher finds joy running the trail less traveled Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
A musher from Montana is the winner of this year’s John Beargrease Sled Dog race in northeastern Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
A number of mushers in the John Beargrease Sled Dog Race are dropping out as the weather is continually getting worse. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
Scooby and Aggie are ready to lead. Curly, Rosie, Toes, Beak, Coyote, Clem and Cody are ready to run. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
Ashland, New Hampshire resident Jaye Foucher is competing in this year’s annual John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon in Minnesota. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
Don Galloway, John Beargrease mid-distance race winner. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan 30
Vet checks at the Sawbill checkpoint Read the rest of this entry »
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