A Long Way To Nome: The Serum Run '25 Expedition - Softcover

Martin, Von E

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1449912613 ISBN 13: 9781449912611

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2009

Synopsis

The Chronicle of a Musher, His Adopted Sled Dogs, and Their Pursuit of an Alaskan Dream In 2009 the Serum Run '25 Expedition set out to retrace the original 1925 route across Alaska to deliver lifesaving antitoxin by dog teams to Diphtheria stricken Nome. To prepare for the arduous journey, Washington state musher Von Martin meticulously assembled 1,200 lbs of supplies, trained his team of twelve huskies for hundreds of miles, and made the long midwinter drive to Alaska. What he did not anticipate was the worst Alaskan winter in decades. Cut off from the expedition's support party and faced with an impassable trail, Von Martin and the Serum Run '25 mushers are forced into a heartbreaking decision for their expedition and their faithful dogs. Join Von Martin as he shares his heartfelt story through journal excerpts, photographs, and narratives, all the exhilaration, hardship, and life lessons learned from his huskies during an attempt to cross the Alaskan wilderness by dog team.

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About the Author

Von Martin, an emerging author of books and stories about sled dogs, was born at Camp Pendleton Marine Base in Oceanside, California. He is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writer's Association and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii where he was also an instructor in Anthropology. Von's professional careers have also included work as a skilled carpenter, musician, singer, writer, and reporter. Von is the Vice-President of the Northwest Sled Dog Association and has logged thousands of miles with his own dog team throughout five western states, British Columbia, and Alaska. In 2009 Von Martin participated in the Col. Norman Vaughan Serum Run '25 Expedition - a midwinter 800 mile journey by dog team across the frontier of Alaska. Von is currently employed as a construction news reporter and works from his rural log cabin home in southwest Washington where he also enjoys caring for his kennel of adopted sled dogs. Von's first book, "A LONG WAY TO NOME - The Serum Run '25 Expedition", describing the 2009 attempt to retrace the original 1925 relay route of anti-toxin delivery by dog teams to Diphtheria stricken Nome, was published in December 2009. His second book, "A DOG CALLED SHAKESPEARE - Fallen Canine Hero of Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic Expedition", will be his first installment in a series of books chronicling the legacy of the remarkable dogs employed during the early polar expeditions. Publication targeted for 2016.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449912613
• ISBN 13: 9781449912611
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 132