Frank Carlson Library

"Sammy Day takes a job with Bill the Dogman, a peculiar man who breeds sled dogs, despite warnings that he could never survive. If he makes it a year and a day, Goldie Mahan will marry him. After the first day he begins to doubt if he will survive, but he is too stubborn to quit"--

"Lucas Donovan, Canadian North-West Mounted Police constable, is on a mission to bring a ruthless serial killer to justice. Jack Emerson has eluded capture for years in the Canadian wilderness, but Donovan vows that nothing will stop him from seeing the man caught and punished. The oath is personal and professional--because one of them en Emerson killed was Lucas' twin brother. Donovan, believing he knows Emerson better than anyone but restricted...

Something is bothering Russel Susskit. He hates waking up to the sound of his father's coughing, the smell of diesel oil, the noise of snow machines starting up. Only Oogruk, the shaman who owns the last team of dogs in the village, understands Russel's longing for the old ways and the songs that celebrated them. But Oogruk cannot give Russel the answers he seeks; the old man can only prepare him for what he must do alone. Driven by a strange, powerful...

In 1925, a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through icebound Nome, Alaska. The life-saving serum was a thousand miles away, and a blizzard was brewing. Airplanes could not fly in such conditions: only the dogs could do it. Racing against death, twenty dog teams relayed the serum across the Alaskan wilderness as newspapers nationwide headlined the drama, enthralling an entire generation. The heroic dash to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Dog Sled...

Born in the howling storm, in the arctic famine, his brothers and sisters starve to death-but White Fang survives to join the world of the wild wolf, where cold and hunger favor the strong, and spare no pity for the weak. Deadly, harsh, but innocent, this is White Fang's universe....until he is captured.

An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...

In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.

"An intimate account--the first from a trail veterinarian--of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod. Few events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds, hundreds of dogs and mushers journey to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in "The Last Great Race on Earth," a grueling, thousand-mile race across the Alaskan wilderness....

Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.