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Tracks Across Alaska: A Dog Sled Journey (Traveler) | 
 enlarge | Author: Alastair Scott
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 804271
Media: Paperback
Pages: 247
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0871134705
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.98045
EAN: 9780871134707
ASIN: 0871134705
Publication Date: January 21, 1994
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The story of Alastair Scott's journey across Alaska, which tested his self-reliance and endurance. The book also acts as a portrait of the beautiful, empty, often murderous land and the people who choose to live there.
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 Laughed out loud quite a few times... November 8, 2004
AvidReader04 (NY)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Being owned by a couple of sled dogs myself and utterly familiar with their character(s), I was able to fully empathize with the author. This book is very well written, and I admired the author's candor when describing the rookie mistakes he made in the beginning of his adventure. Training sled dogs is a tough job in itself, now try doing it in a very harsh, demanding environment without all the comforts of (most people's) home.
But the book not only focuses on the dogs, it also paints a very colorful picture of the people who live in Alaska's towns and in the wilderness. Hats off to those individuals who make it in an environment that can turn from stunningly picturesque to life-threatening within an instant!
If you love adventure travel books, and happen to like dogs, too, this is the book for you.
 The dogsledding dream at its finest. July 16, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you've dreamt of leaving your job, car payments and cell phone for a pack of Alaskan Huskies and wide open tundra, you'll love this story. Keep in mind, it is not a book about running the Iditarod, but rather following the Iditarod trail. Excellent read and a must have for any dogsledding fanatic.
very fun read August 13, 1999
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
A great read for anyone who romanticizes the great white north, or at least wants to know what its like. I was captivate by the crisp clear prose and was swept up in the adventure.
This is definitely worth looking at March 30, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
A useful and crisp description of Alaska by an inveterate traveler. Scott has a good grasp of the art of writing clear and readable prose. A good view of the Idiatrod race and a cursory history of Alaska as well.
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