A Thousand Trails Home: Living with Caribou by Kantner, Seth

2023 Independent Publisher Book Award GOLD in Environmental/Ecology
2022 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Natural History Literature

"A Thousand Trails Home is a book of supernal majesty, a book to break and restore your heart. Seth Kantner's devotion to the living pulse and unity of the skein of wonder that is the Alaskan wilderness haunts and inspires me." -- Louise Erdrich, author of The Night Watchman

• Bestselling, award-winning author of Ordinary Wolves, a debut novel Publisher's Weekly called "a tour de force"
• Conservation-based story of changing Arctic from an on-the-ground perpective
• Features full-color photography throughout

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 uncertain landscape of cultural and climatic change sweeping the Alaskan Arctic. Author Seth Kantner vividly illuminates this critical story about the interconnectedness of the Iñupiat of Northwest Alaska, the Western Arctic Caribou Herd, and the larger Arctic region. This story has global relevance as it takes place in one of the largest remaining intact wilderness ecosystems on the planet, ground zero for climate change in the US. This compelling and complex tale revolves around the politics of caribou, race relations, urban vs. rural demands, subsistence vs. sport hunting, and cultural priorities vs. resource extraction--a story that requires a fearless writer with an honest voice and an open heart.

Author: Seth Kantner
Publisher: Mountaineers Books
Published: 10/15/2021
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 7.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781594859700

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2021
Booklist 08/01/2021 pg. 12
Foreword 08/26/2021