# Jimmy Bluefeather - Hardcover

by **Kim Heacox** (Author)

**Winner, National Outdoor Book Award**

  

"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 review)**  

"A splendid, unique gem of a novel."  
\--**_Library Journal_ (starred review)**  

"Heacox does a superb job of transcending his characters' unique geography to create a heartwarming, all-American story."  
\--**_Booklist_**  

"What makes this story so appealing is the character Old Keb. He is as finely wrought and memorable as any character in contemporary literature and energizes the tale with a humor and warmth that will keep you reading well into the night."  
\--**National Outdoor Book Awards**  

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.

### Author Biography

Kim Heacox is the award-winning author of several books including the acclaimed _John Muir and the Ice that Started a Fire_ and the novel _Caribou Crossing_. His feature articles have appeared in _Audubon_, _Travel & Leisure_, _Wilderness_, _Islands_, _Orion_, and _National Geographic Traveler_. His editorials, written for the _Los Angeles Times_, have appeared in many major newspapers across the United States. When not playing the guitar, doing simple carpentry, or writing another novel, he's sea kayaking with his wife, Melanie or watching a winter wren on the woodpile.

**Number of Pages:** 268

**Dimensions:** 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN

**Publication Date:** February 01, 2017

## Details

- **Price:** 37.78 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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