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.