2. About the Author Gary Paulsen was born May 17, 1939 Father was a soldier who was away during World War II Mother worked in a munitions factory Moved around a lot Incredibly shy Left home at 14

3. Employment History Traveled with a carnival Farm hand Construction worker Truck driver Sailor

4. The library... "One night, in a small Minnesota town (Thief River Falls) where I was selling newspapers, as I was walking past the public library in twenty below temperatures, I could see the reading room bathed in beautiful golden light. I went in to get warm and, to my absolute astonishment, the librarian walked up to me and said, 'Would you like a book?'

5. The Writer Gary Paulsen published his first book, Special War, in 1966. Published nearly 40 books, several articles, and some short stories. Three of his novels-Hatchet, Dogsong, and The Winter Room won Newberry Honors.

8. The Iditarod Gary Paulsen entered the 1,180-mile Alaskan dog sled race called the Iditarod in 1983 and again in 1985.

10. 2005 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Bjornar Anderson arrives into Nome in 4th place as rookie of the year.

11. Competitor Jeff King near the finish line in Nome, Alaska.

13. A Typical Alaskan Husky

14. Paulsen and His Dogs

16. Feeding the Dogs A warm breakfast consists of a beef heart cut in chunks about 3 inches square. Each dog gets about 3 pounds of either beef fat, pork, meat, pork fat, or lamb sausage for breakfast. “I have 26 dogs that I’m feeding so it takes awhile to go around and feed all of them.”

20. George Burns

21. Franklin Stove

22. More Franklin Stoves

26. Credits http://www.randomhouse.com/features/gary paulsen/about.htmlhttp://www.randomhouse.com/features/gary paulsen/about.html http://www.goodtimestove.com/heating_sto ves/franklin/rural_franklin_sr-701.htmlhttp://www.goodtimestove.com/heating_sto ves/franklin/rural_franklin_sr-701.html http://www.trelease-on- reading.com/paulsen.html http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/paulsen.htm