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Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
1998
Description
What happens when a woman and her husband move their family from New Hampshire to Alaska to train a team of purebred Siberian Huskies for the world's toughest dogsled race, the Yukon Quest? They endure thousands of miles of lonely training in the Yukon trying to avoid thin ice, wolves, and rogue moose; they put up with the amused skepticism of Alaskan locals; and they pit themselves against the ultimate, fickle adversary--nature. RUNNING NORTH is...
Author
Publisher
North Hill Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"There may have been little to predict the trajectory of Lou's life in politics from his youthful school days, but the whole of the New Hampshire State Senator's life has been one filled with surprise and the unexpected. Lou's story is a compelling one. It demonstrates that all things are possible and even more importantly the value of genuine relationships based on trust and service. Lou's political acumen is an example of hard work and not of advanced...
Author
Publisher
History Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Description
The resourcefulness of Granite Staters in their efforts to innovate and improvise is the reason for this incredible and intriguing cast of true stories about New Hampshire people living what they love and loving what they do. Hidden in the cracks and crevices of the Granite State are the stories of pioneers who pursued their passions, creating legacies along the way. There is the tale of the mountain man who became an innkeeper; the “Bird Man”...
Author
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2018
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Floundering in her second career, the one she's always wanted, forty-eight year old Cheryl Suchors resolves that midlife success depends on hiking the highest of the grueling White Mountains in New Hampshire. All forty-eight of them. Never mind her fear of heights. In the ten years it ultimately takes her to achieve this goal, she endures injuries, novice mistakes, and the heartbreaking loss of a best friend. When breast cancer threatens her own life,...