“Rex”: Woodland Author Nominated for Global Ebook Awards

The story of Rex is an adventure-filled historic biography of a purebred Samoyed canine who excelled in mountain rescues during a time before snowmobiles and cell phones. Rex lived from 1946-1957 and spent most of his life in the Sierras of California. He was lead sled dog on a U.S. mail run, set a world record in weight pulling, won many speed and freight races and was involved in over 30 documented rescues during his lifetime. He was a show dog also and was removed from the Golden Gate benched dog show in January 1952 to lead the team to deliver the doctor to the 226 passengers and crew aboard the snowbound “City of San Francisco” train stuck at Yuba Gap. He also pulled out downed planes at the Truckee, CA airfield in 1949 taking the injured passengers into town for medical care. This was a hero dog whose fascinating story has captured the attention of readers of all ages.

Jim has served as Samoyed Club of America (SCA) president and treasurer in addition to serving as treasurer for the SCA Foundation for many years and as president and treasurer for the Willamette Valley Samoyed Fanciers. In 2002, he retired as HR Director with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration in Washington, DC.

The Global EBook Awards honor and bring attention to the future of book publishing: EBooks. Now in its second year, the Awards are in 72 specific categories. They are open to all publishers large and small so that a winner is the best in its category, not just the best of small or regionally-published books. Most EBooks, are also available as printed books as well.

“The Story of Rex of White Way, The Blizzard King” is available at $18.95 for the hard cover and $14.95 for the soft cover and very competitively priced through Amazon Kindle. Rex can be found online at Amazon.com and at http://dketasamoyeds.com