Frank Carlson Library

Explores the nature and work of sled dogs, what kinds of breeds make sled dogs, and the history of dogsled racing.

During the Klondike Gold Rush, two prospectors and their wolf dog Chinook encounter a mysterious woman travelling with her dog team. One man warms to her - the other distrusts her ...

The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. White Fang is the story of a wolf-dog who is befriended by a kind man who becomes his master.

"Mushers and their dogs race through wind, ice, and snow. Climb aboard!"--Cover back. Featuring full-color photographs, this DK Reader takes youngsters into the exciting world of dogsled racing, revealing what it takes to be the leader of the pack.

Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need. Bear loves to curl up by the fire and sleep all day, but Lizzie is positive he isn't as lazy as he acts. Will she be able to find this snowbound pup the perfect family?

When nine-year-old city-girl Ryan Hale visits her grandfather in Montana, she doesn't like it: it's cold, the people are "crazy" and there's no mall! But all that changes when she makes some new friends and finds a wounded wild dog she names Buck.

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

For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alasaka.

For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.

Sixteen in Nome is narrated by young Joe May, an Arizonian who has come to Alaska to 'make his stake for a ranch.' Joe finds being on his own difficult as he reflects 'Sixteen is a bad age for a boy. It is too full of growing and not enough full of strength.' Joe's coming of age story in Alaska during the gold rush of the 1890's is an intertwining backdrop to the conflict between Hugh Massey and Arnie Calmont.