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Title: Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People
Author: William L Iggiagruk Hensley
ISBN: 9780312429362
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 290
Publisher Description: <p>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i> EDITORS' CHOICE <p/><b>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. <br></b><br>Born twenty-nine miles north of the arctic circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was raised to live the seminomadic life that his Iñupiaq 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. <i>Fifty Miles from Tomorrow</i> is "a joyous celebration of Hensley's life among the Iñupiaq people and of fighting for their rights" (<i>Library Journal</i>).</p>
Author: William L Iggiagruk Hensley
ISBN: 9780312429362
Publisher: Picador
Published: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 290
Publisher Description: <p>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i> EDITORS' CHOICE <p/><b>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. <br></b><br>Born twenty-nine miles north of the arctic circle, William L. Iggiagruk Hensley was raised to live the seminomadic life that his Iñupiaq 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. <i>Fifty Miles from Tomorrow</i> is "a joyous celebration of Hensley's life among the Iñupiaq people and of fighting for their rights" (<i>Library Journal</i>).</p>
