Iditarod Reading Recommendations

Here at LARL, we have the Iditarod on our minds. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is a long-distance race which is run in early March in Alaska.

Next week, the Detroit Lakes Public Library will present an Evening with Polar Explorer Paul Schurke  in Detroit Lakes. This event is offered free of charge thanks to funding from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and will be held at the Historic Holmes Theater on Monday, February 11 at 7 p.m.

In the spirit of polar exploration, we’re pleased to present a few reading recommendations about the Iditarod.

• Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen
• The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury
• Father of the Iditarod: the Joe Reddington Story by Lew Freedman
• Fast Into the Night: a Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail by Debbie Moderow
• The Wild Inside by Jamey Bradbury
• Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry
• Woodsong by Gary Paulsen
• Magic Tree House: Balto of the Blue Dawn by Mary Pop Osbourne
• Togo by Robert J Blake