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The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto /

Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Standiford, Natalie
Other Authors: Cook, Donald (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, [1989]
Series:Step into reading.
Subjects:
Balto (Dog) > Juvenile literature.
Sled dogs > Alaska > Nome > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Diphtheria > Alaska > Nome > Prevention > Juvenile literature.
Balto (Dog)
Sled dogs.
Dogs.
Diphtheria > Alaska > Nome.
Alaska > History.
Description
Summary:Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.
Physical Description:47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:0394896955 (pbk.) :
039499695X (lib. bdg.)