Download or read book The Cruelest Miles written by Gay Salisbury and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the 1925 Nome, Alaska, diphtheria epidemic describes the hopeless plight of the patients, with a blizzard brewing and the much-needed serum seven hundred miles away, as teams of sled dogs and their drivers become the only hope for survival. Reprint. 30,000 first printing.