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The Cruelest Miles

The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

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An edition of The cruelest miles (2003)

The Cruelest Miles

The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

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  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 9 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 1 Have read

The story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the plight of the patients, with a blizzard imminent and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival.

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W. W. Norton & Company
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English
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303

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Chiens de traîneau, Inuits, Diphtérie, Sled dogs, Disease Outbreaks, Diphtheria, Rescue Work, History, 20th Century, Dogs, History, New York Times reviewed

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Cover of: The Cruelest Miles
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
February 7, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
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Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
2005, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
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Cover of: The Cruelest Miles
The Cruelest Miles
February 7, 2005, W.W. Norton
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The Cruelest Miles
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
February 7, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The cruelest miles
The cruelest miles: the heroic story of dogs and men in a race against an epidemic
2003, W.W. Norton & Co.
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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"THERE WERE few worse places on earth to build a town, but Nome had gone up almost overnight after two Swedes and a Norwegian found a nugget the size of a small rock in a creek near the beach."

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OL7454105M
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0393325709
ISBN 13
9780393325706
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177360
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