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The cruelest miles

  • Laney Salisbury,
  • Gay Salisbury

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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.

Genres

  • 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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  • Laney Salisbury

    3.50

    2 ratings · 8 works

  • Gay Salisbury

    4.00

    1 ratings · 7 works

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    W. W. Norton & Company

    February 7, 2005

  • Edition cover

    W. W. Norton & Company

    February 7, 2005

  • Edition cover

    W.W. Norton

    February 7, 2005

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    Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.

    2005

Edition cover

W.W. Norton & Co.

2003