Spirit of the Wind: The Story of George Attla, Alaska's Legendary Sled Dog Sprint Champ - Couverture souple

Freedman, Lew

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0945397933 ISBN 13 : 9780945397939

Editeur : Epicenter Press (WA), 2001

Synopsis

This is the stirring biography of George Attla, the little-known Athabaskan Indian from the tiny Koyuk River villge of Huslia, Alaska, who limped to the starting line in the 1958 Fur Rendezvous World Championship sled dog race in Anchorge. Attla's record-setting victory shocked the mushing establishment and ushered in a new era of sled dog racing. Over the next four decades, Attla and his village dogs captured more sprint championships than any other musher as he defended his titles repeatedly against better-financed teams from Alaska and the Lower 48 states. Becoming a mushing legend wasn't easy. Years of Attla's boyhood were spent in hospital beds far from home. Finally returning to Huslia, his knee permanently fused as a result of cripping bone tuberculosis, Attla turned to dog mushing to escape alienation and anger. Spirit of the Wind is an inspirational story you will not soon forget.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lew Freedman is a former Alaska resident who spent 17 years at the Anchorage Daily News as sports editor and columnist. The author of 58 books, Freedman is a graduate of Boston University with a degree in journalism and he earned a Master's degree from Alaska Pacific University. He currently resides in Indiana with his wife Debra.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Epicenter Press (WA)
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0945397933
• ISBN 13: 9780945397939
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible