Seppala, Alaskan Dog Driver
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SEPPALA: ALASKAN DOG DRIVER
(Signature Edition) by Elizabeth M. Ricker. Hardcover $45 + $5
s&h ($15 outside US). 296 pages + photo plates. Computer-enhanced reprint
of the 1930 original. Seppala is THE sled driver of the original "Serum
Drive," which later became the Iditerod, the father of Alaskan dog
sled racing. This is the classic of the sport, a must for every serious
northern breed fancier.
"Seppala, Alaskan Dog Drive, is a good old fashioned adventure
story. Just as true today as it was in the 1930's. The story of a real man,
perhaps larger than life. A strong, tough man, a product of a hard life
in Norway. He was well equipped, mentally and physically to excel in Alaska.
"When I lived in the Territory of Alaska during the early 1950's, Leonhad
Seppala was considered an Alaskan hero. Seppala's exploits are larger than
life, even today.
"This book is as readable and fascinating today as it was when Elizabeth
Ricker, Seppala's good friend and partner, wrote about him in 1930. The
writing is excellent. The books if fast paced, not the flowery prose of
so many tales of this time. Seppala warms our hearts in the Alaskan sweepstakes
story when he says, "But I was banking on the Siberian traits I knew
so well." e life and death races with Seppala driving his team make
for as exciting a story as you can read in fiction or in fact.
"This book is the history of the Siberian Husky and life in Alaska
at the turn of the century. The first Alaskan to Nome, the feel of life
in the gold fields of Alaska, it is all here. This is a great book for adults
with a yearning for adventure and history of the Great North. The true romance
of Frontier North is vividly portrayed in this book."
-Kathleen Kanzler
"Leonhard Seppala triumphed in an unforgiving wilderness because
of his confidence in the love and strenth of his team. In a world of plastic
and steel it seems impossible to connect to a recending time of leather,
rawhide, and wool, but remember the psirit of racing was distilled in the
dogs that he cherished. They have been loved and guarded by generations
of men and women like Seppala, Seeley, Demidoff, and innumerable Chukchi
Eskimos before them. "
-Janis Church.
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