Born and raised in northern Alaska, Seth Kantner's debut novel, Ordinary Wolves, won a Whiting Award, while A Thousand Trails Home received a Whiting Grant. His other books include an earlier memoir, Shopping for Porcupine, and collection of essays, Swallowed by the Great Land. A commercial fisherman, Kantner divides his time between Paungaqtaugruk and Kotzebue in Northwest Alaska. Learn more at SethKantner.com.
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A stunningly lyrical firsthand account of a life spent hunting, studying, and living alongside caribou, A Thousand Trails Home encompasses the historical past and present day, revealing the fragile intertwined lives of people and animals surviving on an u... SEE MORE