Wednesday, March 09, 2022

by Debbie Rosenberg

The 50th anniversary of the Iditarod started on Saturday, March 5 with a ceremonial start of the race in Anchorage, but the mushers and dogs then moved from Anchorage to Willow to begin the 10-day trek on the Northern Passage of the Iditarod Trail. 

You can follow the events at alaskapublic.org/iditarod and there will also be Iditarod podcasts on iTunes and Spotify.

We have some novels and nonfiction books about the Iditarod.  Check these out!

Fiction:

   On thin ice by Cherry Adair

   The Wild inside by Jamey Bradbury

   Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry

   Sabotaged by Dani Pettrey

 

Nonfiction:

   Iditarod : the great race to Nome by Jeff Schultz 

   Iditarod Silver by Lew Freedman

   This much country : a memoir by Kristen Pace

   Father of the Iditarod : the Joe Redington story by Lew Freedman

   Iditarod dreams : a year in the life of Alaskan sled dog racer DeeDee Jonrowe by Lew Freedman and DeeDee Jonrowe

   Fast into the night : a woman, her dogs, and their journey north on the Iditarod Trail

   Winterdance : the fine madness of running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen

Debbie Rosenberg is a member of Fond du Lac Public Library's reference department.