Honest Dogs
Brian Patrick O'Donoghue
List Price: $19.95
Easily one of the best books written about mushing and the experience of competing in the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race. O'Donoghue's humor, his obvious affection for his canine teammates, and the underlying insanity of the whole endeavor make this book one that you'll pick up again and again.... I do.....
From Craig Medred at the "Anchorage Daily News:" "If you've got spirit and love of life, this book will make you want to recruit a bunch of canine buddies and join the strange characters who still roam the trails of Jack London's Great White Silence."
It does.
Dog Gone Addiction, DVD
Becky Bristow
List Price: $24.95
Inspired by the Women of the Yukon Quest
Follow Becky Bristow as she follows three intrepid women along the Yukon Quest Trail. Michelle Phillips, Agata Franczak, and Kelley Griffin are the subjects of this documentary that illustrates just what it takes to travel 1,000 miles by dog team in some of the harshest and most remote landscapes on the planet. Full of humor, a healthy dose of insanity, along with exhaustion, and the toll the bitter cold can take on the human soul, Dog Gone Addiction will enthrall and captivate, and you'll want to watch it again and again.
Yukon Quest Photo Journey
Text by Brian O'Donoghue
Photography by Laurent Dick
List Price: $19.95
The quintessential photo-essay of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, Yukon Quest Photo Journey contains some of the most iconic photos from the race itself. O'Donoghue, who also wrote Honest Dogs, uses quotes from mushers, stories from checkpoints, and gives the reader a sense of the rigors of the trail and the toll the race can take after miles on the frozen trail. First published in 2003, this coffee-table volume continues to be a favorite of Yukon Quest race and dog mushing fans alike.
Jon Van Zyle's Iditarod Memories
Stories by Jona Van Zyle
Illustrated by Jon Van Zyle
List Price: $16.95
Twenty-five years of Iditarod posters fill the pages of this book--each poster tells a story that Jona Van Zyle captures beautifully in the spaces between the artwork. No one captures the beauty of sled dogs like Jon Van Zyle. Jon Van Zyle entered the Iditarod in 1976, and became a booster for the race immediately. The book contains Iditarod posters from 1977 through 2001, and is a must-have for both Iditarod AND Jon Van Zyle fans everywhere.
Walking My Dog, Jane
Ned Rozell
List Price: $16.95
I love this book, I love this book, I love this book! Ned Rozell is a science writer for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and a contributing editor for Alaska magazine. But, that's not why I love this book! Ned and Jane set out, in the summer of 1999, to walk the length of the Alaska Pipeline--from Valdez to Prudhoe Bay--all 800 miles of it. From the people he meets along the way, to river and creek crossings, to bears and mosquitos and beyond, Rozell keeps you turning page after page, and it's hard to put the book down. It's a perfect -20°F-and-I'm-stuck-in-the-house book, an on-an-airplane book, or a just-about-anywhere book. If you've ever wanted a grand outdoor adventure, if you've ever loved a dog, this is a book for you!
