This is the story of Pierre Barnard, an average American boy, unused to real hardship but possessed of determination, and of his struggle to exist in the frozen wastes of Alaska. Deserted by Ka-uk, the renegade Indian, he is left alone in a snowbound cabin. But with Pierre is the huge gray sleigh dog, Juneau, whose courage and devotion and strength help outwit the crafty enemy and to guard the precious contents of the mysterious box left in the boy's charge. Juneau, outcast and veteran of the northern trail, takes his place in this book along with such gallant dogs as Kazan, White Fang, Boru, Buck, Lassie, Lad and the other heroes of dog literature

The GROSSET & DUNLAP FAMOUS DOG STORIES collection consisted of at least 31 titles. Authors contributing to this series include Eleanor Atkinson, James Oliver Curwood, J. Allen Dunn, Hubert Evans, John Taintor Foote, Jim Kjelgaard, Eric Knight, West Lathrop, Jack London, Stephen Meader, Colonel S.P. Meek, Albert Miller, Jack O'Brien, Alfred Ollivant, Marshall Saunders, Regina Woody and others.