Togo Takes The Lead

Heroic Sled Dog of the Alaska Serum Run

By:

Bruce Berglund

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Heroic Animals

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In January 1925 many people in Nome Alaska and the surrounding area were sick and dying from an outbreak of diphtheria. A supply of medicine was found but there was one problemit was hundreds of miles away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled. Ride along with the heroic sled dog Togo and his owner Leonhard Sepalla as they make a dangerous journey across Alaskas unforgiving wilderness to deliver lifesaving medicine to the people of Nome.

Author Biography:

Bruce Berglund is a writer and historian. For 19 years, he taught history at Calvin College and the University of Kansas. His courses included the history of China, Russia, women in Europe, sports, and war in modern society. He has earned three Fulbright awards and traveled to 17 countries for research and teaching. His most recent book is The Fastest Game in the World, a history of world hockey published by the University of California Press. Bruce works as a writer at Gustavus Adolphus College, and he teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His four children grew up reading books from Capstone Press, especially the graphic novel versions of classic literature. Bruce grew up in Duluth and now lives in southern Minnesota.

Release date Australia

January 1st, 2023

Author

Bruce Berglund

Audience

Children / Juvenile

Contributor

Illustrated by Dante Ginevra

Interest Age

From 8 to 12 years

Pages

Series

Heroic Animals

Dimensions

180x218x10

ISBN-13

9781666394221

Product ID

36201482

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