Diane Glancy

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A Line of Driftwood: The ADA Blackjack StoryPaperback, 28 September 2021

A Line of Driftwood: The ADA Blackjack Story
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128 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Turtle Point Press
Date Published
28 Sep 2021
ISBN-10
1933527218
ISBN-13
9781933527215

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A BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE, 2021

Diane Glancy once again puts Indigenous women at the center of American history in her account of a young Inupiat woman who survived a treacherous arctic expedition alone. **
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"This moving retelling of a heroic woman's journey demonstrates that history lives through an intimate connection between two women beyond time's borders."--Booklist, starred review

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.

Product Details

Author:
Diane Glancy
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
28 September 2021
Dimensions:
20.6 x 13.79 x 1.19 cm
ISBN-10:
1933527218
ISBN-13:
9781933527215
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Weight:
158.76 gm

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