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One Second to Glory

The Alaska Adventures of Iditarod Champion Dick Mackey

Lew Freedman



Price: $16.95
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In 1978, Dick Mackey claimed the most dramatic victory ever in the Iditarod, crossing the finish line a mere one second ahead of Rick Swenson. In One Second to Glory, Mackey shares this and many other adventures. He talks about making a home in the frontier state in the heady first days of statehood; surviving the 1964 earthquake and helping rebuild Alaska; mushing against "Doc" Lombard and George Attla in the heyday of sprint racing; helping Joe Redington organize the Iditarod; and experiencing 82 degrees below zero at Coldfoot, his famous Arctic Circle truck stop. Mackey's colorful stories are told in his own words in interviews with Lew Freedman.


 
Product details
Publisher: Epicenter Press
1st edition, 2001
232 pages
Size: 9 x 6
Product type: paperback
ISBN 978-0970849342
 

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