January 7th 2026 LDRL Recommends

LDRL Recommends: The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic by Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury
Staff Member: Abi

The Cruelest Miles is a book about the 1925 serum run from Nenana to Nome Alaska after it was discovered there was a diptheria outbreak. The book jumps back and forth between the general history of Alaska to the serum run itself. It paints a captivating account of what it was like to be in Alaska and how desperate the situation was and how incredible mankind is when the call for help is sounded. I absolutely loved it and recommend it to library patrons who love learning about history, resilience and the special bond between man and dog.