Title:
Fifty miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people
JLCTITLE245:
William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st Picador ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Picador, 2010.
Physical Description:
xii, 256 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9780312429362
General Note:
First published in the United States: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Includes index.
Abstract:
Documents the author's traditional childhood north of the Arctic Circle, his decision to pursue an education in the continental U.S., and his successful lobbying efforts that convinced the government to allocate land and monetary resources to Alaska's natives in compensation for incursions on their way of life.
Personal Subject:
Variant Title:
50 miles from tomorrow