Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE

An alternately charming and harrowing account of over 50 years of one remarkable native Alaskan's life - from living off the land north of the Arctic Circle, to the Alaskan senate, Hensely is a huge hero to his community.

Born twenty-nine miles north of the arctic circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was raised to live the seminomadic life that his I upiaq ancestors had lived for thousands of years. In this stirring memoir, he offers us a rare firsthand account of growing up Native Alaskan, and later, in the lower forty-eight, as a fearless advocate for Native land rights. In 1971, after years of tirelessly lobbying the United States government, he played a key role in a landmark victory that enabled the Inupiaq to take charge of their economic and political destiny. Fifty Miles from Tomorrow is "a joyous celebration of Hensley's life among the I upiaq people and of fighting for their rights" (Library Journal).

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 03/02/2010
ISBN: 9780312429362
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.60w x 0.82d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/21/2010 pg. 24