Fifty miles from tomorrow : a memoir of Alaska and the real people / William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley.
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TextPublisher: New York : Sarah Crichton Books, 2009Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 256 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- General
- 9780374154844 :
- 0374154848 :
- 979.8/049712 B 22
- E99.E7 H4694 2009
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Includes index.
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.
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