A first "person" account of a horse trained in the late nineteenth century by former slave Doc Key to read, write, and do math in performances across the country to promote kindess to animals. Includes fact sheet.

"Two dogs recount the relay race that brought life-saving medicine to children in Alaska. It was 1925 and the world was in a diphtheria pandemic. The town of Nome, Alaska, needed the serum to save its children but there was only one way to get there: dog sled. Balto and Togo, two Siberian huskies, were part of the relay race that pushed through below-freezing temperatures and a blizzard to bring the serum to Nome." -- Amazon.com. In 1925 Balto and...