Togo Takes the Lead: Heroic Sled Dog of the Alaska Serum Run

by Bruce Berglund, Dante Ginevra (Illustrator)

Overview

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 problem—it 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 Alaska’s unforgiving wilderness to deliver lifesaving medicine to the people of Nome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666393989
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2023
Series:	Heroic Animals
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	GN580L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Dog Town's Greatest Hero 4

Chapter 2 King of the Trail 6

Chapter 3 Running to Save Lives 14

Chapter 4 A Dangerous Race 18

Chapter 5 Across the Ice 22

Chapter 6 When Dogs Saved Children 26

Togo's Legacy 29

Glossary 30

Internet Sites 31

Read More 31

About the Author 32

About the Illustrator 32

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