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

"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

• 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

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

"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

• 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

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

"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

• 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