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This the story of the seven baseball-playing Boyer brothers from western Missouri who signed prof...

In a place where respect is not easily earned, the name of this homesteader, pilot, and visionary...

Told through profiles of the men who have made it a reality, this is the complex story of the tri...

From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseba...

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton 'Cy' Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mo...

Kenny Sailors was a basketball star, and the inventor of the jump shot. He attended the Universit...

He pitched a baseball game that was more than perfect, and yet he lost. Southpaw Harvey Haddix ha...

How did a young boy born into poverty become not only an international soccer star but a celebrit...

Roger Robinson has been Denali mountaineering for over forty years and has worked as a ranger for...

LeBron James is simultaneously on the cutting edge of basketball greatness and as a cultural icon...

The Kenai is a world-class salmon river that attractsfishermen from all over the world, but is al...

This engaging and informative work highlights the 100 biggest moments in the history of American ...

Over beer and hamburgers at the Two Rivers Lodge near Fairbanks, Alaska, a small group of mushers...

Features the fascinating careers of Iditarod icons as well as the administrators, volunteers, and...

For the first time, Alaska musher and tribal leader Mike Williams shares his remarkable life stor...

This is the story of how the hapless Chicago White Sox, badly hurt by the banning of players afte...

Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state go...

On March 27, 1964, a magnitude 9.2 earthquake lasting more than five minutes rocked south central...

More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under lege...

When Babe Ruth left the New York Yankees in 1935, some feared that the loss would cripple the clu...

This revealing biography explores Indianapolis Colts' quarterback Peyton Manning as an athlete an...

After winning Statehood in 1959, Alaska attracted thousands of collegiate stars who played for co...

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Picking up where the best-selling IDITAROD CLASSICS left off, this new collection of insightful a...

Features the fascinating careers of Iditarod icons as well as the administrators, volunteers, and...

This is a history of major league baseball's first All-Star game, originally conceived in 1933 as...

Ernie Banks is perhaps the most popular ballplayer in the history of the Chicago Cubs--a man as f...

When Jackie Robinson became the first African American player in major league baseball in 1947, e...

George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more le...

Hoyt Wilhelm's intriguing baseball career lasted two decades. A veteran of the Battle of the Bulg...

William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody (1846-1917) rose from humble origins in Iowa to become one of the ...

In June of 1938, southpaw Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds became the only pitcher in Ma...

Revered pass catcher Don Hutson played for three Green Bay Packers championship squads between 19...

During his 15-season Major League career, slugger Johnny Mize was among the preeminent power hitt...

All-American quarterback Charlie Conerly's college career was interrupted by World War II. He sta...

The story of a pitching legend--one who surpassed all odds.

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The 1,049-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 'RM' is a marathon run against the nation's most forb...

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The Whalers are the only football team above the Arctic Circle: 330 north to be exact, a place wi...

Ages 9 to 13 years. Amelia Earhart was a pioneer pilot and was known as the best aviator of her t...

Now in paperback! More than half a century after the Boston Celtics' legendary first championship...

A one-stop record containing everything White Sox fans want to know about their favorite baseball...

Relive Bears history with your favorite players in this new addition to the By the Numbers series!

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