Winterdance | Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod

A permanent addition to my library... | Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod | Gary Paulsen

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	• Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Gary Paulsen Mariner Books, 1995 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 164 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

my favorite book

This is my favorite book. It's humorous and it's amazing to read what this man put himself through to get ready for the Iditarod.

Winterdance

This is a must read for anyone interested in dogsledding and the Iditarod. It is a first hand account of becoming a musher and training for the Iditarod. Gary Paulsen writes a wonderful dairy of his experiences. There are parts that are incredibly funny especially if the reader has dogs. I find myself going back to this book again and again.

A permanent addition to my library...

Paulsen is a great storyteller, and his talent is obvious in Winterdance. It's rare for an author to so completely envelop the reader into the story as Paulsen does and he takes you on quite a ride. I don't think I've ever laughed quite so hard at his description of taking his untrained self and young sled dog team out for a run on a summer night. While dog lovers will enjoy this book for the admiration Paulsen has for his team, this book will appeal to anyone with a pulse.

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More Than Just a Dog Story

If you love dogs, you absolutely have to read this book. And, if you don't love dogs, you still absolutely have to read this book because it is so rich in its enthusiasm for living life and meeting its challenges that it would be a shame to miss it. Paulsen enters the Iditarod, but the book is much more than his account of the race. His description of preparing for the race is rich in humor and pathos. You'll laugh out loud at some of his exploits, but you'll also feel his passion and love for his dogs. His focus in telling about the race,is not so much on the geography of the race, but on the psychology of the mushers. It's a classic -- both as a dog book and an Alaska book -- and one of the most entertaining reads I've had recently.

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An Amazing Book

Gary Paulsen describes his incredible experience racing the Iditarod in breathtaking detail. His mishaps had me laughing out loud, shaking my head and thinking that his wife has the patience of a saint. I love how he and his dogs evolved from every run being complete chaos to a team capable of running this crazy race.

Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs.