The cruellest miles : the heroic story of dogs and men in a race against an epidemic
Salisbury, Gay2003
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When signs of a diptheria epidemic broke out in the Alaskan town of Nome on the Bering Sea in 1925, Dr Curtis Welch knew it was the biggest crisis of his life. With the port icebound, a relay of dog sleds with a Native Alaskan driver set off at night into a blizzard for help.
Main title:
The cruellest miles : the heroic story of dogs and men in a race against an epidemic / Gay Salisbury & Laney Salisbury.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2003.
Collation:
xi, 320 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 293-303.
ISBN:
07475606179780747560616
Dewey class:
614.5'123'097986614.5123097986614.5123097986614.5
Language:
English
Index terms:
SERUM RUN
BRN:
28679