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The Cruelest Miles

2005 Diphtheria
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Release : 2005
Genre : Diphtheria
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Book Rating : 709/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Cruelest Miles by : Gay Salisbury

Download or read book The Cruelest Miles written by Gay Salisbury. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the plight of the patients, with a blizzard imminent and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival

Provenance

2009-07-09 History
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Release : 2009-07-09
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 003/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Provenance by : Laney Salisbury

Download or read book Provenance written by Laney Salisbury. This book was released on 2009-07-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tautly paced investigation of one the 20th century's most audacious art frauds, which generated hundreds of forgeries-many of them still hanging in prominent museums and private collections today Provenance is the extraordinary narrative of one of the most far-reaching and elaborate deceptions in art history. Investigative reporters Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo brilliantly recount the tale of a great con man and unforgettable villain, John Drewe, and his sometimes unwitting accomplices. Chief among those was the struggling artist John Myatt, a vulnerable single father who was manipulated by Drewe into becoming a prolific art forger. Once Myatt had painted the pieces, the real fraud began. Drewe managed to infiltrate the archives of the upper echelons of the British art world in order to fake the provenance of Myatt's forged pieces, hoping to irrevocably legitimize the fakes while effectively rewriting art history. The story stretches from London to Paris to New York, from tony Manhattan art galleries to the esteemed Giacometti and Dubuffet associations, to the archives at the Tate Gallery. This enormous swindle resulted in the introduction of at least two hundred forged paintings, some of them breathtakingly good and most of them selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Many of these fakes are still out in the world, considered genuine and hung prominently in private houses, large galleries, and prestigious museums. And the sacred archives, undermined by John Drewe, remain tainted to this day. Provenance reads like a well-plotted thriller, filled with unforgettable characters and told at a breakneck pace. But this is most certainly not fiction; Provenance is the meticulously researched and captivating account of one of the greatest cons in the history of art forgery.

Togo

2002-10-14 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2002-10-14
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 814/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Togo by : Robert J. Blake

Download or read book Togo written by Robert J. Blake. This book was released on 2002-10-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Togo wasn't meant to be a sled dog. He was too feisty and independent to make a good team member, let alone a leader. But Togo is determined, and when his trainer, Leonhard Seppala, gives him a chance, he soon becomes one of the fastest sled dogs in history! His skills are put to the ultimate test, though, when Seppala and his team are called on to make the now-famous run across the frozen Arctic to deliver the serum that will save Alaska from a life-threatening outbreak of diphtheria. In the style of Akiak, winner of the Irma S. and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature, along with five state awards, Robert J. Blake's detailed, carefully researched oil paintings complete the story of the adventure that inspired the internationally famous Iditarod race.

Granite

2007 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2007
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 900/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Granite by : Susan Butcher

Download or read book Granite written by Susan Butcher. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a raging Arctic blizzard, Granite helps Susan and the rest of the dogs brave the storm and win the Iditarod.

Dog's Best Friend

2004-04 Nature
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Release : 2004-04
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 807/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Dog's Best Friend by : Mark Derr

Download or read book Dog's Best Friend written by Mark Derr. This book was released on 2004-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, humane, and bemused tour of the dog-human relationship, Dog's Best Friend combines anecdote, research, and reportage to illuminate our complex rapport with our cherished canine companions. Tracking our national obsession with an animal that now outnumbers children in American households, Mark Derr chronicles the evolution of "the culture of the dog" from the prehistoric domestication of tamed wolves to the modern horrors of overbreeding and inbreeding. Passionate about his subject and intent on sharing his zeal, Derr defends dogs with wit and flare, producing here a quirky, informative, and fitting tribute to our love affair with canines big and small.

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