A line of driftwood : the Ada Blackjack story / Diane Glancy.
"In September 1921, a young Inupiat woman named Ada Blackjack traveled to Wrangel Island, 200 miles off the Arctic Coast of Siberia, as a cook and seamstress, along with four professional explorers. The expedition did not go as planned. When a rescue ship finally broke through the ice two years later, she was the only survivor. Diane Glancy discovered Blackjack's diary in the Dartmouth archives and created a new narrative based on the historical record and her vision of this woman's extraordinary life. She tells the story of a woman facing danger, loss, and unimaginable hardship, yet surviving against the odds where four "experts" could not. Beyond the expedition, the story examines Blackjack's childhood experiences at an Indian residential school, her struggles as a mother and wife, and the faith that enabled her to survive alone on a remote island in the Arctic Sea. Glancy's creative telling of this heroic tale is a high mark in her award-winning hybrid investigations of suffering, identity, and Native American history"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781933527215 (softcover)
- Physical Description: 123 pages : illustration ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Brooklyn, New York : Turtle Point Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Joan Books." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue. Scar -- Part one. The voice of her journey. Ada Blackjack -- Part two. Ada's writings and diary. Fall 1921 -- 1923 -- Part three. Epilogue. Trip to Rauner Collections at Dartmouth -- Trip to Alaska -- Appendix. Ventriloquate -- A story within a story -- Postscript. |
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Subject: | Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 > Poetry. Blackjack, Ada, 1898-1983 > Diaries. Inupiat women > Poetry. Wrangel Island (Russia) > Poetry. Indigenous peoples > North America |
Genre: | Biographical poetry. Diaries. Biographies. |
Topic Heading: | Indigenous. First Nations. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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The Pas Campus Library | PS 3557 .L294 L56 2021 (Text) | 58500000807990 | Stacks | Volume hold | Available | - |