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Article: Salisbury, Gay & Salisbury, Laney. The cruelest miles.(Book Review)
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SALISBURY, Gay & SALISBURY, Laney. The cruelest miles. Norton. 303p. illus. maps. notes. bibliog. c2003. 0-393-32570-9. $14.95. JSA
Fans of true-life adventure, armchair explorers, and dog lovers will be first in line for this best-seller, a fast-paced saga of the 1925 mission of mercy to take life-saving diphtheria serum from the ice-free port of Seward, Alaska to the ice-locked port of Nome. This is a story of high adventure and heroism that will capture and hold the reader's attention to the very last page. Readers will quickly become caught up in this man vs. nature journey in which volunteer mushers and their dogs risk life and limb to relay the precious ...