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In IDITAROD ADVENTURES, mushers explain why they have chosen this rugged lifestyle, what has kept them in long-distance mushing, and the experiences they have endured along that unforgiving trail between Anchorage and Nome.
Renowned sports writer Lew Freedman profiles 23 mushers—men, women, Natives, seasoned veterans, and some relatively new to the demanding sport, many of whom are so well-known in Alaska that fans refer to them only by their first names. The book also features interviews with administrators who organize the event and make sure it happens every year, volunteers, and others whose connection to the Iditarod is self-evident even if they don’t have an official title.
Renowned sports writer Lew Freedman profiles 23 mushers—men, women, Natives, seasoned veterans, and some relatively new to the demanding sport, many of whom are so well-known in Alaska that fans refer to them only by their first names. The book also features interviews with administrators who organize the event and make sure it happens every year, volunteers, and others whose connection to the Iditarod is self-evident even if they don’t have an official title.
Price: $17.99
Pages: 222
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Imprint: Alaska Northwest Books
Publication Date:
12 January 2015
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781941821282
Format: Paperback
"All of the stories collected here are personal accounts by participants in the Iditarod dog-sled contest, as reported by Lew Freedman, former reporter for the . There are 28 chapters, each one a kind of summary of a musher's personal experience running the Iditarod. The cross-section includes mostly contest winners and top competitors, but also some of the more colorful characters who participate, such as Hobo Jim, a country singer who wrote a popular song about the Iditarod; Jon Van Zyle, who makes paintings of dogs and mushers; Aaron Burmeister, who grew up in Nome and for whom the Iditarod has been a continual part of life; second generation musher Cim Smyth; Newto Marshall, a competitor from Jamaica; and DeeDee Jonrowe, a woman who has finished second twice." —Eithne O'Leyne, ProtoView
Lew Freedman is a veteran newspaper sportswriter and experienced author of more than seventy books. He spent seventeen years at the ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS in Alaska and wrote extensively about the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He has also written several books about the Iditarod and had stories appear in ALASKA MAGAZINE and Alaska Airlines magazine.
Freedman has also worked for the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. A frequent traveler to Alaska, Freedman believes the Iditarod is one of the world’s great sporting events and only wishes the dogs could talk so he could better write their story. www.LewFreedmanBooks.com
Jon Van Zyle has been the official artist of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for more than thirty years and has run the race twice. Jon’s art has garnered him numerous honors, and his prints, posters, and lithographs are prized by collectors. Jon and his wife live in Alaska, where they maintain a dog team of Siberian huskies. www.jonvanzyle.com
Freedman has also worked for the CHICAGO TRIBUNE and PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER. A frequent traveler to Alaska, Freedman believes the Iditarod is one of the world’s great sporting events and only wishes the dogs could talk so he could better write their story. www.LewFreedmanBooks.com
Jon Van Zyle has been the official artist of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race for more than thirty years and has run the race twice. Jon’s art has garnered him numerous honors, and his prints, posters, and lithographs are prized by collectors. Jon and his wife live in Alaska, where they maintain a dog team of Siberian huskies. www.jonvanzyle.com
Introduction
Chapter 1 Martin Buser
Chapter 2 Jeff King
Chapter 3 Dan Seavey
Chapter 4 Mitch Seavey
Chapter 5 Dick Mackey
Chapter 6 Lance Mackey
Chapter 7 Jason Mackey
Chapter 8 Joe May
Chapter 9 Jon Van Zyle
Chapter 10 Hobo Jim
Chapter 11 Karen Tallent
Chapter 12 Jake Berkowitz
Chapter 13 Aaron Burmeister
Chapter 14 Cim Smyth
Chapter 15 Michelle Phillips
Chapter 16 Bob Bundtzen
Chapter 17 Joanne Potts
Chapter 18 Mark Nordman
Chapter 19 Stan Hooley
Chapter 20 Sebastian Schnuelle
Chapter 21 Hugh Neff
Chapter 22 Newton Marshall
Chapter 23 Paul Gebhardt
Chapter 24 DeeDee Jonrowe
Chapter 25 Mike Williams Jr.
Chapter 26 Pete Kaiser
Chapter 27 Jim Lanier
Chapter 28 Aliy Zirkle
Index
About the Author