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A collection of canine-related conundrums a couple faces as a result of sharing their life in Alaska with forty sled dogs. This book will give readers a peek at the endless adventures and misadventures that come from living with and caring for retired sled dogs.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Rogues’ Gallery
Doubter and Goliath
Horsing Around
The Religion of Dog
Shit Outta Luck
The Great Escape
A Maternal Metoo
Not Office Material
A Mean, Mischief-Making Monster
From Muskrats to Moose
A Broken Limb, but Never a Broken Spirit
What the Raven Showed Me
Rescue You, Rescue Me
Dog-Truck Dilemma
Hammer to the Heart
The Race Isn’t the Only Obstacle
Epilogue
About the author
For the past fourteen years Joseph Robertia has been an award-winning writer and photographer. He spent more than a decade as an outdoors reporter at the Peninsula Clarion newspaper and currently writes for the Sports & Outdoors section of the Alaska Dispatch News—the state's largest newspaper. In recent years he has freelanced as a professional journalist with articles and photographs published in Alaska Magazine, Mushing Magazine, Salmon Trout Steelheader, and in Alaska 50: Celebrating Alaska’s 50th Anniversary of Statehood, just to name a few. Along with his wife, he has mushed dogs with his kennel fielding teams in the 1,000-mile lditarod, Yukon Quest, and more than thirty other races.
Summary
A collection of canine-related conundrums a couple faces as a result of sharing their life in Alaska with forty sled dogs. This book will give readers a peek at the endless adventures and misadventures that come from living with and caring for retired sled dogs.
Foreword
Advertising: Iditarod program ad. Events: Author events in Alaska. Materials: ARCs. Online: Featured on www.graphicartsbooks.com and Facebook fan page. Promo: Indie Advance Access, Goodreads, and LibraryThing giveaways. Publicity: Interviews with author based on events and timely news hooks. Reviews: Targeted features and reviews in national trade and special interest, dog, pet rescue, Iditarod and regional media. Sales: Special sales marketing to Alaska Travel Industry Association members. Tradeshows: PNBA, BEA, ALA.
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Winner 2017 Dog Writer's Association of America Best Book: Rescue or Adoption
Winner 2017 Dogwise Best Book Award
