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148 Pages·2005·2.83 MB·English
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1 2 3 4 5 6 Soldiers and Sled Dogs 7 8 9 10 11 [First Page] 12 [-1], (1) 13 14 15 Lines: 0 to 9 16 ——— 17 * 401.22pt PgVar 18 ——— 19 Normal Page 20 * PgEnds: PageBreak 21 22 23 [-1], (1) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagei/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [-2], (2) 13 14 15 Lines: 9 to 10 16 ——— 17 0.0pt PgVar 18 ——— 19 Normal Page 20 PgEnds: TEX 21 22 23 [-2], (2) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageii/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 ©2004bytheBoardofRegents 7 oftheUniversityofNebraska 8 Allrightsreserved Manufacturedinthe 9 UnitedStatesofAmerica 10 (cid:1)(cid:1) 11 LibraryofCongress 12 Cataloging-in-PublicationData [-4], (4) 13 Dean,CharlesL. 14 Soldiersandsleddogs: 15 ahistoryofmilitarydogmushing Lines: 38 to 94 16 /CharlesL.Dean. p. cm. ——— 17 Includesbibliographical * 142.392pt PgVar 18 referencesandindex. ——— 19 isbn0-8032-1728-5(cloth:alk.paper) Normal Page 20 1.Dogs—Waruse—UnitedStates. * PgEnds: PageBreak 21 2.Dogs—Waruse. 22 3.Sleddogs—UnitedStates. 4.Sleddogs.5.Dogsledding—UnitedStates. 23 [-4], (4) 6.Dogsledding.I.Title. 24 uh100.d37 2005 25 355.4'24—dc22 26 2004015601 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageiv/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tothemenanddogswho 7 servedinthecoldandice 8 defendingthefarfrontiersof 9 theirempires,sotheywillnot 10 fadefrommemoryliketheir 11 tracksinthesnow. 12 ToCatherine,whohasshared [-5], (5) 13 thecold,thesnow,andthe 14 dogswithme. 15 Lines: 94 to 134 16 and ——— 17 ToAkla,Tara,Chukchi, * 203.0pt PgVar 18 Queenie,Chinook,Bandit, ——— 19 Yukon,andNikki:theytaught Normal Page 20 usmorethanwecouldever * PgEnds: PageBreak 21 teachthem. 22 23 [-5], (5) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagev/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [-6], (6) 13 14 15 Lines: 134 to 135 16 ——— 17 0.0pt PgVar 18 ——— 19 Normal Page 20 PgEnds: TEX 21 22 23 [-6], (6) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagevi/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 Inaworldwheretheforms 7 oftransportationhavebeen 8 broughttoahighstateof 9 perfection,wheretheairplane 10 isfastsupplantingothermethods 11 oftravel,thereisstillaplacefor 12 theuseofsledgedogs. [-7], (7) 13 —fm25–6,DogTransportation 14 15 Lines: 135 to 158 16 ——— 17 * 306.31001pt PgVar 18 ——— 19 Normal Page 20 * PgEnds: PageBreak 21 22 23 [-7], (7) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pagevii/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 [-8], (8) 13 14 15 Lines: 158 to 159 16 ——— 17 0.0pt PgVar 18 ——— 19 Normal Page 20 PgEnds: TEX 21 22 23 [-8], (8) 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageviii/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean 1 2 3 4 5 6 Contents 7 8 9 ListofIllustations xi chapter 8 10 Preface xiii “Grrronimo!” 11 SledDogsHittheSilk 70 12 Acknowledgments xvii 13 chapter 9 [-9], (9) chapter 1 SledDogsinSummer: 14 SledDogsSupplySoldiers: ThePackDogProgram 77 15 AlaskatotheAlps 1 Lines: 159 to 326 16 chapter 10 chapter 2 ——— 17 SledDogsandthess: SledDogsEntertheService: * 16.08pt PgVar 18 GermanDogTeams ChinookKennels, ——— 19 ofWorldWarII 86 NewHampshire 12 Normal Page 20 chapter 11 chapter 3 * PgEnds: PageBreak 21 DogTeamDéjàVu: SledDogsandSkiTroops: 22 BigDelta,Alaska 92 CampHale,Colorado 20 23 [-9], (9) chapter 12 24 chapter 4 SledDogsand 25 SledDogCenter: SecretSurveillance: 26 CampRimini,Montana 27 SledgePatrolsirius 98 27 chapter 5 Epilogue 107 28 SledDogDeactivation: 29 FortRobinson,Nebraska 38 Notes 109 30 Bibliography 121 chapter 6 31 Soldiers’Sleds: Index 125 32 U.S.ArmySpecifications 43 33 chapter 7 34 SledDogsSaveLives: 35 SearchandRescue 58 36 37 BOB—UniversityofNebraskaPress/Pageix/ /SoldiersandSledDogs/CharlesL.Dean

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Sled dogs have been serving humans since they were first tamed and broken to the trace thousands of years ago. Their history of supporting soldiers is much more recent and, for all its drama and heroism, remains little known. This hundred-year history of canine military service from the frozen reach
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