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Non-Fiction Books

• The Training and Racing Journals of Roland and Louise Lombard by Nancy Cowan. 2004. Compilation of stories, photos and training data from 44 years' worth of a famous sled racing couple's training journals and seven years' worth of letters home from Alaska.
• The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury. 2003.
• Born to Pull by Bob Cary, illustrated by Gail de Marcken. Scholastic, 2003. Reprint of the authoritative guide to sled dogs and the sport of dogsledding. Directed toward young adult readers, but packs a great deal of information into an enjoyable and beautifully-illustrated presentation that incorporates short stories of mushers and their dogs.
• The Race Across Alaska by Carolyn Yee. 2000.
• Back of the Pack: An Iditarod Rookie Musher's Alaska Pilgrimage to Nome by Don Bowers, 1998.
• Iditarod: The Last Great Race to Nome [Teacher's Edition] by Shelley Gill, illustrated by Shannon Cartwright. Part of the Last Wilderness Adventure Series. 1998. Companion edition for teachers to the young readers' book Iditarod: The Last Great Race to Nome.
• Iditarod: The Last Great Race to Nome by Shelley Gill, illustrated by Shannon Cartwright. Part of the Last Wilderness Adventure Series. 1998. Book for young readers about the Iditarod sled race; there is a teacher's edition as well.
• Born to Pull by Bob Cary, illustrated by Gail de Marcken. 1997. This authoritative guide to sled dogs and the sport of dogsledding is directed toward young adult readers, but packs a great deal of information into an enjoyable and beautifully-illustrated presentation that incorporates short stories of mushers and their dogs.
• Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake. 1997.
• Storm Run by Libby Riddles. 1996.
• Iditarod Dream: Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Junior. 1996. Follows a 15-year-old boy taking part in the Junior Iditarod, a 158-mile sled dog race for junior competitors.
• Dogteam by Gary Paulsen. 1995.
• Iditarod Dreams: A Year in the Life of Alaskan Sled Dog Racer Deedee Jonrowe by Lew Freedman and Deedee Jonrowe. 1995. The book follows a year in the life of a woman whose passion is sled dogs and dogsledding.
• Alaska Dog Mushing Guide: Facts and Legends by Ron Wendt. 1994.
• Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen. Victor Gollancz, 1994. The author of several books for young readers tells of his own adventures as a competition musher.
• Adventure in Alaska by Sydelle Kramer, 1993.
• Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail by Ellen M. Dolan. 1993.
• Iditarod Classics: Tales of the Trail from the Men and Women Who Race Across Alaska by Lew Freedman and John van Zyle. First person accounts of mushers who have braved the Iditarod. 1992.
• Dog Driver: A Guide for the Serious Musher by Miki Collins and Julie Collins. 1991.
• Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome by Bill Sherwonit and Jeff Schultz. 1991. A history of the Iditarod, with many photographs.
• The Speed Mushing Manual: How to Train Racing Sled Dogs by Jim Welch. 1989. A training manual for beginning mushers.
• The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford and Donald Cook. 1989. Children's tale of Balto's heroic journey.
• The Joy of Running Sled Dogs: Step-by-Step Guide by Noel K. Flanders. 1988.
• Racing Sled Dogs: An Original North American Sport by Michael Cooper. A child's introduction to the sport of dogsledding.
• Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod Tells Her Story by Libby Riddles and Tim Jones. 1988.
• One Thousand Days with Sirius, the Greenland Sledge Patrol by Peter Schmdit Mikkelsen, translated by David Matthews. The adventures of traveling by dog sledge in the polar regions for two years in the Danish Sirius Patrol in northern Greenland. Published first in Danish.
• The Universe of Sled Dogs by Andre Pilon.
• Rivers: Diary of a Blind Alaska Racing Sled Dog by Mike Dillingham and Rivers. The story of an Alaskan Husky who ran the Iditarod twice after going blind.
• Iditarod: Women on the Trail by Nicki J. Nielsen. 1986.
• Mush! A Beginner's Guide to Sled Dogs, 3rd edition by Bella Levorsen, editor, for the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, Inc. Barkleigh, 1997. Fulfills its title admirably.
• Mush! A Beginner's Guide to Sled Dogs, 2nd edition by Bella Levorsen, editor, for the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, Inc. Fulfills its title admirably.
• Mush! A Beginner's Guide to Sled Dogs by Bella Levorsen, editor, for the Sierra Nevada Dog Drivers, Inc. Fulfills its title admirably.
• Winning Strategies for Distance Mushers by Joe Runyan. A book of practical advice.
• The World of Sled Dogs by Lorna Coppinger and ISDRA. Howell, 1977. Authoritative book co-written by the International Sled Dog Racing Association.
• Huskies by Robert Dovers. Memoir of the author's Antarctic expedition with three teams of Huskies.
• Novice Sled Dog Training by Fishback.
• Sled Dog Encyclopedia by Thompson. Three-volume comprehensive work.
• The Last Great Grace by Tim Jones.
• The Race to Nome by Kenneth A. Ungermann.
• Training and Racing Sled Dogs by George Attla.
• Training Lead Dogs by Fishback.

Chapters and Articles

• "The feeding of Dutch sled dogs in training" [title translated] by L Ebing and AC Beynen. Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde, 1 December 1999, volume 124, issue 23, pg 698-701. The authors evaluated the diets used by five mushers for their dogs, using a 20-kg Siberian Husky as their "average dog". Composition calculations and chemical analysis showed that the diet was nutritionally adequate and that the energy content of the rations was up to 50% higher than a non-working dog would require for maintenance; however, they determined that the proportions of macronutrients was not optimal for extreme endurance running because the rations had a relatively low fat content and a high content of carbohydrates. In Dutch.
• "Hyperthermia in running sled dogs" by CJ Phillips, RP Coppinger, and DS Schimel. In: Journal of Applied Physiology, July 1981, volume 51, issue 1, pg 135-42. Study of hyperthermia using 22 mixed-breed adult sled dogs selectively bred for speed.
• "Kings of the Polar Trail" by Captain Alan Innes-Taylor. In: American Kennel Gazette, 1 December 1935. Seven page article about working sled dogs, illustrated with photographs.
• "The Gamest Dogs in the World" by HN Pinkham. In: American Kennel Gazette, 1 November 1930. Three-page illustrated article about sled dogs working in the Arctic and in Antarctica.
• "How the Sled Dog is Trained" by Louis Wolfe. In: American Kennel Gazette, 1 December 1928.
• "The Glorious Thrill of Dog Driving" by W. Dustin WHite. In: American Kennel Gazette, 1 and 31 December 1926. Two-part illustrated article about driving sled dogs. Covers several breeds, including the Samoyed and the Chinook.

Periodicals

• Mushing Magazine. Magazine.
• Team & Trail: Sled Dog News. Magazine.

For Fun

• Death Trap: An Alaska Mystery by Sue Henry. 2003.
• Togo by Robert J. Blake. 2002.
• Cold Company: An Alaska Mystery by Sue Henry. 2002.
• Woodsong by Gary Paulsen and Ruth Wright Paulsen. 2002.
• Dead North: An Alaska Mystery by Sue Henry. 2001.
• Beneath the Ashes: An Alaska Mystery by Sue Henry. 2000.
• Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel. 1999. Children's tale of Balto's heroic journey.
• Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs by Gary Paulsen and Ruth Wright Paulsen. 1998. Young adult biography of Cookie, a sled dog.
• Deadfall: An Alaska Mystery by Sue Henry. 1998.
• Gusty Gets a Puppy by Bonnie Bernholz. 1995.
• Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell. Novel for teenage readers about a young woman who competes in the Iditarod in her father's place. 1990.
• Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner and Greg Hargreaves. 1983. Made into a movie.
• Our Devoted Friend the Dog by Sarah Knowles Bolton. 1902. An anthology of canine anecdotes with photo illustrations. Among the dogs featured are sled dogs.
• Seppala, Alaskan Dog Driver by Elizabeth Ricker. Hoflin.