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Spirit of the Wind: The Story of George Attla, Alaska's Legendary Sled Dog Sprint Champ
Spirit of the Wind The Story of George Attla Alaska's Legendary Sled Dog Sprint Champ Author:Lew Freedman This is the biography of an extraordinary man whose uncommon strength, agility, speed, and endurance are the stuff of champions. It tells the fascinating story of how he and his sled dogs became champion sprint racers. — In 1958, no one in the Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race knew the Athabascan Indian from Huslia who limped to the... more » starting line in Anchorage. But when he finished with the winning time, George Attla opened a new chapter in the history of sprint mushing. For decades, Attla, the "Huslia Hustler," reined as Alaska's most winning sprint champion, having overcome crippling TB as a child.« less