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Title: Yukon Alone: The World's Toughest Adventure Race by John Balzar ISBN: 0-8050-5949-0 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.07 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Read
Comment: This is a good and compelling, but not a great, book. The author needs a little bit more polish in his writing style. As another reviewer points out, he swears a bit too much. The parts of the book about drug abuse among dog sled racers, the insensitivity of reporters to native Americans, and the coming end of frontier life in Alaska were also a little disheartening (although these are not the author's fault). Nevertheless, the author does a great job of taking us into this amazing race. His description of the absolute dedication that dog sled racing takes was excellent. He does more than just talk about the race and the racers; he really uses the race to show what life is like in rural Alaska and Yukon. The author does a particularly good job of describing what cold temperatures do to the body (his "walk down the thermometer") and the sleep deprivation that sled racers experience. His analysis of animal rights and dog sled racing was also quite good, walking the fine line between the opinions of animal rights activists and the dog sled racers. I'll also never forget that one of the main goals of dog sled racing is carrying as little as possible on your sled (the author uses a curse word to describe this, by the way). I also appreciated this book because it describes the sub-arctic experience, as opposed to the many books on arctic and antarctic expeditions; you really come away from this book thinking of those two different climates as being distinct from one another.
Rating: 5
Summary: Yukon Alone
Comment: I can't imagine a book that could describe the Yukon Quest any better. Balzar captures the race, the mushers, and the country just perfect. There are times when he puts you on the trail with your own team as you feel the thrills and spills! A must read for anyone interested in dog mushing and the north country.
Rating: 5
Summary: A look into the Great White North
Comment: What a great book. After reading, and now re-reading, this book I wanted nothing more than to pack up, quit my city job, and move to the Far North in search of a life dominated by weather, dogs, and the will to survive. John Balzar does a great job describing a life dependant on dogs and neigbors (even though they may be 50-100 miles away) in the huge landscape of the Yukon and Alaska. Although the book mostly focuses on the Yukon Quest dog-sled race, it gives the reader an intriguing look into the culture of the people in and around the dog-sledding culture and the Quest itself. Definately worth the read!
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Title: My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian: Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod-The World's Most Grueling Race by Brian Patrick O'Donoghue ISBN: 0679764119 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 March, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Tracks Across Alaska: A Dog Sled Journey by Alastair Scott ISBN: 0871134705 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Running North: A Yukon Adventure by Ann Mariah Cook ISBN: 1565122534 Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen ISBN: 0156001454 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 17 February, 1995 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles, Tim Jones ISBN: 0811722538 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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