ESSENCE OF ALASKA EMANATES FROM BOOKS ABOUT IDITAROD From: The Columbian | Date: March 3, 1998| Author: ROSANNE PAGANO | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Columbian

03-03-1998

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Ohio-based writer Mary Hood knows the Greek classics and she knows the Iditarod.
In her mind, they’re pretty interchangeable.
“It’s people challenging themselves to see what they can really do,” says Hood, whose 409-page book “A Fan’s Guide to the Iditarod” is a one-stop source on Alaska’s 1,000-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
“The Iditarod is...

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