Four thousand paws : caring for the dogs of the Iditarod : a veterinarian's story / Lee Morgan.
By: Morgan, Lee (Veterinarian) [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2024]Edition: First edition.Description: xix, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781324091394; 1324091398.Subject(s): Morgan, Lee (Veterinarian) | Iditarod (Race) | Veterinarians -- Biography | Canine sports medicine | Sled dogs | Sled dog racing | Siberian husky | Veterinary medicine | Sled dogs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Sled dog racing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Dogs | Médecine vétérinaire | Chiens de traîneaux -- Guides, manuels, etc | Courses de traîneaux à chiens -- Guides, manuels, etc | Chiens | Vétérinaires -- Biographies | Médecine des sports canins | Chiens de traîneaux | Courses de traîneaux à chiens | Husky sibérien | veterinary medicineGenre/Form: handbooks. | autobiographies (literary works) | Autobiographies. | Handbooks and manuals. | Guides et manuels. | Autobiographies.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | South County | New | Adult | 636.089 Mor (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 05/15/2024 | 05000011742835 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Few sporting events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds, hundreds of dogs and dozens of mushers journey to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in "The Last Great Race on Earth," a grueling, thousand-mile race across the Alaskan wilderness.
While many veterinarians apply, only a small number are approved to examine the elite canine athletes who, using solely their muscle and an innate drive to race, carry handlers between frozen outposts each year, risking injury, illness, and fatigue along the way. In Four Thousand Paws, award-winning veterinarian Lee Morgan--a member of the Iditarod's expert veterinary corps--tells the story of these heroic dogs, following the teams as they traverse deep spruce forests, climb steep mountain slopes, and navigate over ice-bound rivers toward Nome, on the coast of the Bering Sea, where the famed Burled Arch awaits.
From the huskies of Iditarods past to the intrepid dogs of today, Morgan shows how these fierce competitors surmount the dangers of the Arctic, aided, along the way, by attentive mushers and volunteer veterinarians. A world away from his Georgetown veterinary clinic, Morgan examines dogs at each checkpoint, and sees how their body language reflects the thrill of the race--and how, when pulled from it, they often refuse to eat. As in any team sport, distinct personalities among the sled dogs create complex group dynamics, and Morgan captures moments of intense rivalry, defeat, camaraderie, and, ultimately, triumph.
In the tradition of Why Elephants Weep, Four Thousand Paws is an intimate look inside the animal mind, and an exciting new account of a storied race.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Course Map (xi)
- Prologue: Is It Just a Cough?xiii
- Introduction: The Last Great Race on Earth (1)
- Part I A Less Ceremonial Start
- Chapter 1 Iditarod Vet (15)
- Chapter 2 Journey to the Center of the Last Frontier (27)
- Chapter 3 Exam Day (44)
- Chapter 4 The Winner Ain't the One with the Fastest Sled (52)
- Part II The First Quarter
- Chapter 5 Go! (65)
- Chapter 6 Just Smudges (80)
- Chapter 7 Fire at Finger Lake (94)
- Chapter 8 How Accidents Happen (107)
- Chapter 9 Learning the Ropes (120)
- Part III The Hard Part
- Chapter 10 Dropped Dogs Go to Prison (133)
- Chapter 11 Rainy Pass and the Burn (139)
- Chapter 12 A Study in Rohn (148)
- Chapter 13 The Great Husky Airlift (163)
- Chapter 14 Honey, There Are Never Extra Pies (176)
- Chapter 15 Cripple (189)
- Part IV Almost There
- Chapter 16 Zirkle and King (201)
- Chapter 17 Unalakleet (209)
- Chapter 18 Lucy's Crime (217)
- Chapter 19 2020 (229)
- Part V To Nome
- Chapter 20 The Bellows (239)
- Chapter 21 The Mackey Brothers (248)
- Chapter 22 The Serum Run (260)
- Chapter 23 Nome (266)
- Coda: Wild Dog, First Friend (270)
- Acknondedgments (273)
- Illustration Credits (274)