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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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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
0393325709 9780393325706
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The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs And Men in a Race Against an Epidemic
February 7, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company
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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
0393076210 9780393076219
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The cruelest miles: the heroic story of dogs and men in a race against an epidemic
2003, W.W. Norton & Co.
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0393019624 9780393019629
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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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July 30, 2019 | Edited by MARC Bot | associate edition with work OL8061181W |
August 6, 2010 | Edited by IdentifierBot | added LibraryThing ID |
April 24, 2010 | Edited by Open Library Bot | Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs. |
April 16, 2010 | Edited by bgimpertBot | Added goodreads ID. |
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