"Second Printing April 1969" stated; signed by Walt Morey to previous owners (pic); E. P. Dutton publisher; Dutton Junior Animal Book Award 1968; hardbound; very good condition of book; dust jacket good with minor edge wear and tear.
 
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Kävik, an Alaskan malamute sled dog, gets sold from Charlie One-eye to Mr. Hunter for $2,000 after winning the North American Sled-dog race and is loaded on a plane in an iron-barred cage. In the middle of the trip, something goes wrong and the plane crashes into the ground, killing pilot Smiley Johnson before he even has time to undo his seatbelt.
 
Kävik's cage makes a gaping hole in the side of the plane as it crashes in the eye of a storm...