Iditarod Adventures

Tales from Mushers Along the Trail

AvLew Freedman

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

In IDITAROD ADVENTURES, mushers explain why they have chosen this rugged lifestyle, what has kept them in long-distance mushing, and the experiences they have endured along that unforgiving trail between Anchorage and Nome.Renowned sports writer Lew Freedman profiles 23 mushers—men, women, Natives, seasoned veterans, and some relatively new to the demanding sport, many of whom are so well-known in Alaska that fans refer to them only by their first names. The book also features interviews with administrators who organize the event and make sure it happens every year, volunteers, and others whose connection to the Iditarod is self-evident even if they don’t have an official title.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-02-26
Mått:134 x 245 x 13 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:222
Förlag:Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co
Illustratör:Van Zyle, Jon, Zyle, Jon Van
ISBN:9781941821282

Utforska kategorier

Övrig sport och idrott inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Biografier inom Biografier
Vintersport inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Lew Freedman is a veteran newspaper sportswriter and experienced author of more than seventy books. He spent seventeen years at the ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS in Alaska and wrote extensively about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He has also written several books about the Iditarod and had stories appear in ALASKA MAGAZINE and Alaska Airlines magazine.Freedman has also worked for the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. A frequent traveler to Alaska, Freedman believes the Iditarod is one of the world’s great sporting events and only wishes the dogs could talk so he could better write their story. www.LewFreedmanBooks.com Jon Van Zyle has been the official artist of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for more than thirty years and has run the race twice. Jon’s art has garnered him numerous honors, and his prints, posters, and lithographs are prized by collectors. Jon and his wife live in Alaska, where they maintain a dog team of Siberian huskies. www.jonvanzyle.com

Recensioner i media

"All of the stories collected here are personal accounts by participants in the Iditarod dog-sled contest, as reported by Lew Freedman, former reporter for the . There are 28 chapters, each one a kind of summary of a musher's personal experience running the Iditarod. The cross-section includes mostly contest winners and top competitors, but also some of the more colorful characters who participate, such as Hobo Jim, a country singer who wrote a popular song about the Iditarod; Jon Van Zyle, who makes paintings of dogs and mushers; Aaron Burmeister, who grew up in Nome and for whom the Iditarod has been a continual part of life; second generation musher Cim Smyth; Newto Marshall, a competitor from Jamaica; and DeeDee Jonrowe, a woman who has finished second twice." —Eithne O'Leyne, ProtoView

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionChapter 1 Martin BuserChapter 2 Jeff KingChapter 3 Dan SeaveyChapter 4 Mitch SeaveyChapter 5 Dick MackeyChapter 6 Lance MackeyChapter 7 Jason MackeyChapter 8 Joe MayChapter 9 Jon Van ZyleChapter 10 Hobo JimChapter 11 Karen TallentChapter 12 Jake BerkowitzChapter 13 Aaron BurmeisterChapter 14 Cim SmythChapter 15 Michelle PhillipsChapter 16 Bob BundtzenChapter 17 Joanne PottsChapter 18 Mark NordmanChapter 19 Stan HooleyChapter 20 Sebastian SchnuelleChapter 21 Hugh NeffChapter 22 Newton MarshallChapter 23 Paul GebhardtChapter 24 DeeDee JonroweChapter 25 Mike Williams Jr.Chapter 26 Pete KaiserChapter 27 Jim LanierChapter 28 Aliy ZirkleIndexAbout the Author

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