The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an EpidemicW. W. Norton & Company, 2003 - 303 pages The story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the plight of the patients, with a blizzard imminent and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival |
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IV | xvii |
VI | 7 |
VIII | 29 |
IX | 43 |
X | 55 |
XII | 75 |
XIV | 107 |
XV | 133 |
XIX | 191 |
XX | 209 |
XXI | 223 |
XXII | 239 |
XXIV | 253 |
XXV | 259 |
XXVI | 261 |
XXVII | 265 |
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