Noor Jahan's Reviews > The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic

I would not have picked up this book, had it not been a Book Club read. I'm glad I did as it was a gripping tale with a sense of urgency about the diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska in 1925. I learned so much more besides that of the central challenge. There were the small town locals, migrant tourists population and various groups of indigenous people that were affected. It was impossible to navigate the hostile arctic terrain via the railroads or aviation. Alaskan Governor Bone declared it a national crisis, and it was left to teams of Siberian Huskies and their brave drivers to save the town.