Gay Salisbury

The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic (2005)

Review by Suzanne Ridgway published in Working Nurse Magazine (www.workingnurse.com), 2006 In January 1925, the New York Times announced, “Diphtheria Rages in Nome; No Antitoxin; Remedy Sought by Plane on 50-Day Dog Trail.” For almost a week, newspapers around the country followed a drama unfoldi...