The Cruellest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic - Rilegato

Salisbury, Gay; Salisbury, Laney

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ISBN 10: 0747560617 ISBN 13: 9780747560616

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2003

Riassunto

It is 1925. The goldrush town of Nome sits two degrees below the Arctic Circle, and there are few more forbidding places on earth. When signs of diptheria broke out, Dr. Curtis Welch knew it was the biggest crisis of his life. Supplies of the serum were dangerously low and it was winter. There would be an epidemic if the medicine didn't arrive in time. Welch's urgent plea for help made national headlines and all of America watched with bated breath to see if an expedition could reach Nome in time. The dangers were immense for Nome was utterly isolated. The only option was to get the serum to the nearest point by rail and then use a relay of dog sleds to trek through the remaining 700 miles, night and day, and in blizzards raging at - 60 degrees. It was to be a desperate race against time - one which captured the imagination of America and turned the drivers and their heroic dogs into celebrities of the time.THE CRUELLEST MILES is the heart-pounding account of the famous Serum Run. Unbearably thrilling and tense, this is a classic story of human (and canine) endurance and heroism.

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 303 pages; Physical desc. : ix, 303 p. : ill. , maps ; 24 cm. Subject: Diphtheria --Alaska --Nome --Sled dogs --Siberian husky --HISTORY / General --MEDICAL / Public Health --True stories of endurance & survival ; Public health & preventive medicine. Summary: It is 1925. The goldrush town of Nome sits two degrees below the Arctic Circle, and there are few more forbidding places on earth. When signs of diptheria broke out, Dr. Curtis Welch knew it was the biggest crisis of his life. Supplies of the serum were dangerously low and it was winter. There would be an epidemic if the medicine didn't arrive in time. Welch's urgent plea for help made national headlines and all of America watched with bated breath to see if an expedition could reach Nome in time. The dangers were immense for Nome was utterly isolated. The only option was to get the serum to the nearest point by rail and then use a relay of dog sleds to trek through the remaining 700 miles, night and day, and in blizzards raging at - 60 degrees. It was to be a desperate race against time - one which captured the imagination of America and turned the drivers and their heroic dogs into celebrities of the time. THE CRUELLEST MILES is the heart-pounding account of the famous Serum Run. Unbearably thrilling and tense, this is a classic story of human (and canine) endurance and heroism. Men and dogs crossing immense distances in the Artic Winer to save dying children - there could hardly be a more inspiring topic. This is a moving story, superbly researched and deftly told.'

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• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0747560617
• ISBN 13: 9780747560616
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320