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Blood of Brothers is history filtered through memoir, narrated by being Stephen Kinzer, formerly an NYT bureau chief stationed in Nicaragua.
Herbie Nayokpuk (June 12, 1929 – December 2, 2006) [1] (Iñupiaq pronunciation: Niiqpaq) nicknamed the "Shishmaref Cannonball", was an Inupiaq musher.
In Miles' autobiography, he says one of the other guests asked him at dinner what he did to deserve being invited to the White House.

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How the Cannonball Run Worked

Even though there were many entries into the original Cannonball Run, only eight cars made it all the way to the starting point to participate. The first race started at the Red Ball Garage in New York City and ended at the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, Calif. The entry fee was a mere $50 plus another $200 to be donated to charity. The rules were as follows:

Participants could pick their own vehicle and route.
Entrants could also choose their leave time, within a 24-hour window.
Teams could have as many drivers as they wanted but could only use one car.

Aside from that, there were no rules. Participants could bring along 55-gallon (208-liter) drums of gasoline if they wanted, and some did. They could use radar detectors, take stops or drive straight through with the help of illicit drugs. Once you punched your time card at the Red Ball Garage, it was all up to you how you got to Redondo Beach. Some racers played it safe initially, preferring to keep it tame through states notorious for highway patrolmen, such as Connecticut, Pen

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Remarks at the Annual Convention of the United States Jaycees in Indianapolis, Indiana

June 19, 1985

Audience. [Chanting] U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

The President. Thank you all very much. Thank you, President Tommy Todd, Doris Gosnell, Governor Orr, Mayor Hudnut of Indianapolis, Lieutenant Governor Mutz, Congressman John Myers, and all of you members of this great and growing organization.

Listening to that warm introduction, feeling your enthusiasm shake this hall, I could only think, I've found it; I'm in Hoosier Heaven. You know, I grew up not too far from here hearing the song about Indiana's Wabash Cannonball, but I'd say I've just heard the sound of an all-American cannonball.

Well, I'm happy to be with you here today, for my heart is with you every day of the year. I remember addressing a group just about 4 years ago at this time, down in San Antonio, Texas, and I asked for their help to put the pieces of a broken economy back together. They were and are a very special group of people. They're heroes who live in the frontiers of American life. They're people who beho

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Herbie Nayokpuk

Herbie Nayokpuk (June 12, 1929 – December 2, 2006)^[1] (Iñupiaq pronunciation: Niiqpaq) nicknamed the "Shishmaref Cannonball", was an Inupiaq musher, known for his cheerful and straight-ahead demeanor^[2] It is said that "no musher in Iditarod history has been more admired, more respected or better liked than Herbie Nayokpuk."^[3]

Life and career

Nayokpuk was born in Shishmaref in 1929. He was one of the original mushers to run the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1973.^[5] He also represented Alaska at the presidential inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1981.^[5] He ended up running the Iditarod 11 times.^[6] He never won, but he made some notably daring attempts in extreme weather conditions. He suffered a stroke after one race and competed in another despite having just recovered from a heart attack.^[6] He was also an accomplished Inupiaq artist.^[7]

Death and legacy

Nayokpuk died at the age of 77 at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska after su