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About Jimmy Bluefeather
Product Description "Part quest, part rebirth, Heacox's debut novel spins a story of Alaska's Tlingit people and the land, an old man dying, and a young man learning to live." Kirkus Reviews (Starred). Winner: National Outdoor Book Award Old Keb Wisting is somewhere around ninety-five years old (he lost count awhile ago) and in constant pain and thinks he wants to die. He also thinks he thinks too much. Part Norwegian and part Tlingit Native (“with some Filipino and Portuguese thrown in”), he’s the last living canoe carver in the village of Jinkaat, in Southeast Alaska. When his grandson, James, a promising basketball player, ruins his leg in a logging accident and tells his grandpa that he has nothing left to live for, Old Keb comes alive and finishes his last canoe, with help from his grandson. Together (with a few friends and a crazy but likeable dog named Steve) they embark on a great canoe journey. Suddenly all of Old Keb’s senses come into play, so clever and wise in how he reads the currents, tides, and storms. Nobody can find him. He and the others paddle deep into wild Alaska, but mostly into the human heart, in a story of adventure, love, and reconciliation. With its rogue’s gallery of colorful, endearing, small-town characters, this book stands as a wonderful blend of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and John Nichols’s The Milagro Beanfield War, with dashes of John Steinbeck thrown in. Review Libary Journal (Starred Review) – "A splendid, unique gem of a novel." –Nicole R. Steeves, Chicago Public Library “Kim Heacox’s love for the land and people of Southeast Alaska shines forth in this character-driven saga, brimming with craft, humor, and deft turn of phrase. Jimmy Bluefeather easily makes the short list for the great Alaska novel.” –Nick Jans, author of A Wolf Called Romeo Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review) – "Part quest, part rebirth, Heacox's debut novel spins a story of Alaska's Tlingit people and the land, an old man dying, and a young man learning to live." “Every page glistens with authentic genius born from Kim Heacox’s wise and deep-rooted sense of place. . . The characters seem like people we’ve known; they ring true, and feel vivid.” ―Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel "A convergence of ocean, land, and spirit as only Kim Heacox can tell it, with wisdom, humor, and grace. A welcome new novel of relationships, forgiveness, and re-inventing oneself." –Deb Vanasse, author of Cold Spell and Under Alaska's Midnight Sun Booklist "Heacox does a superb job of transcending his characters’ unique geography to create a heartwarming, all-American story." "A superb addition to Alaska―indeed, American―literature" –Nancy Lord, former Alaska State Writer Laureate and author of Early Warming "The force that drives Jimmy Bluefeather is the figure of Old Keb Wisting, the last canoe carver in his Alaskan Indian village. Keb is a powerfully drawn portrait of an indomitable spirit facing down his own death--with fierce determination, blasting a Tlingit song into the cold wind blowing off the glaciers. This is not just a well-crafted picture of an elder; it is unforgettable, in the direct lineage of The Old Man and the Sea." –Doug Peacock, author of In the Shadow of the Sabertooth; Global Warming, The Origins of the First Americans, and The Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene Heacox, a writer and explorer of renown, offers a genuine, funny and tender portrait that is rare in the literature of the 49th state." –Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Spanish Bow, The Detour, and Behave "A masterful work of fiction. . . .A book to be savored." –Bob Osborne, Northern Passages About the Author Kim Heacox is an award-winning author, photographer, and motivational speaker. He lives with his wife in Southeast Alaska and is the author of several books including John Muir and the Ice that Started a Fire and the novel Caribou Crossing. His feature articles have appeared in Audub
