![]() ![]() ![]() I was a bit baffled as to why the authors spent such a great portion of their time describing the history of both dog sled teams and aviation in Alaska, at first but, as it turned out, the timing was perfect. Since I was in the midst of reading Peter Jenkins' Looking for Alaska, I didn't manage to begin reading the book until we were in Kenai -our fourth night in Alaska- and continued to read it in Anchorage and on our return trip. She thought it was a good choice for learning about the area and its history. This book was recommended to me by a friend who read it while traveling in Alaska, last year. The Cruelest Miles tells the story of the famous Nome serum run, in which dog sled teams raced desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin from southeastern Seward to ice-bound Nome, Alaska to halt the growing diphtheria epidemic. ![]()
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