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A LIFE AS EXCITING AS FICTION\ Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod — the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race — hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish.\ Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several...
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The award-winning creator of popular survival stories turns his attention to his own real life adventures in Minnesota and Alaska as he prepares for the grueling Iditarod sled dog race."The lure of the wilderness is always a potent draw, and Paulsen evokes its mysteries as well as anyone has since Jack London." (The Horn Book)From the Cassette edition.Children's LiteratureMr. Paulsen's paean to his beloved sled dogs is one of the most moving books I've ever read. His eloquence borders on ardor as he vivifies individual dogs and the team that pulled him for 17 days in Alaska's 1,180 mile Iditarod. 1991 (orig.
\ Children's Literature\ - Jan Lieberman\ Every March I live vicariously as I watch parts of the Iditarod on TV but I never really appreciated the demands of this 1,180 mile dog-sled race across the barrens of Alaska until I read this book. Paulsen has personally met this race's challenge and describes graphically the effects of the bone-chilling cold, the physical exhaustion on both runner and dogs, and the spirit of competitiveness of 'man vs. nature' that dominates the event. 1991 (orig.\ \ \ \ \ Children's Literature\ - Beverly Kobrin\ Mr. Paulsen's paean to his beloved sled dogs is one of the most moving books I've ever read. His eloquence borders on ardor as he vivifies individual dogs and the team that pulled him for 17 days in Alaska's 1,180 mile Iditarod. 1991 (orig.\ \ \ School Library JournalGr 6 UpNatural phenomena, chilling experiences, and exhilarating adventure are all part of Paulsen's personal recollections of his induction into sled-dog training and racing. Fluent, spare memoirs of one man's initiation, education, and unabashed awe of the wilderness and its inhabitants. Oct. 1990\ \
