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Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

by Gary Paulsen

An Iditarod journey shared with a sled-dog team

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An Iditarod journey shared with a sled-dog team

Gary Paulsen recounts entering the Iditarod, an 1,108-mile sled-dog race across the Alaskan wilderness, and the seventeen days he and his dogs spend on the trail. The account brings together the demands of the race—storms, extreme cold, exhaustion and encounters with wildlife—with the practical realities of running a team. Its subject is both an endurance contest and an experience of survival in a remote winter landscape, told through Paulsen’s own participation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in sled-dog racing and the Iditarod.
  • Readers drawn to firsthand accounts of wilderness travel and survival.
  • Readers interested in human-and-animal teams facing challenging conditions.

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EnduranceWilderness survivalHuman-animal partnershipWinter sport

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Book overview

An incredible sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness and a stunning journey of discovery and survival from the author of the beloved Hatchet.

Fueled by a passion for running dogs, Gary Paulsen entered the Iditarod--the eleven-hundred-and-eight-mile sled-dog race through the Alaskan wilderness--in dangerous ignorance and with a fierce determination. For seventeen days, he and his team of dogs endured blinding wind, snowstorms, frostbite, dog fights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, hallucinations--and the relentless push to go on. Winterdance is the enthralling account told by the "best author of man-against-nature adventures writing today" (Publishers Weekly).
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