by Gary Paulsen · France Loisirs · tapa dura · ISBN 9782744111778
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«Le Grand Blanc» is Gary Paulsen's account of the Iditarod dogsled race, published by France Loisirs in hardback (280 pages).
The author recounts his participation in the Iditarod, the race that covers nearly 2,000 kilometres between Anchorage and Nome. For 17 days, Gary Paulsen battles the wind, extreme cold, fights among the dogs and exhaustion, and along the way discovers a deep fascination with the Alaskan landscape.
The French edition was published in 1997.
For readers interested in real adventures, survival in extreme conditions and the nature of Alaska.
Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
