Reviews
Willie Hensley :: Goings On

Indian Country Today reviews Fifty Miles from Tomorrow

04/19/10
Indian Country Today published a review of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow.

Review: "Hensley's optimistic memoir a touching and riveting book"

02/07/10
David James wrote this review - “Hensley’s optimistic memoir a touching and riveting book” for the Fairbanks Daily News Miner

Barnes and Noble review of Fifty Miles

02/16/09
Pearl Chen at Barnes & Noble has written a review of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow

Dayton Daily News review

02/01/09
Vick Mickunas review in the Dayton Daily News - “Author recounts Inuit way of life”

New York Times review by Dwight Garner

01/27/09
“Growing Up and Getting by in the Land of the Nine-Month Winter” is the title of the Dwight Garner’s review in the New York Times

New York Times review by Timothy Egan

01/23/09
Coming of Age in Alaska is the title of Timothy Egan’s review of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow

Washington Times - "Land use and the 'real people'"

01/11/09
John R. Coyne Jr. has posted a review at the Washington Times

Seattle Times book review

01/09/09
Susan Gilmore’s Seattle Times book review, “Native Alaskan Willie Hensley recalls life before snow machines and Gore-Tex”

Review in The Oregonian

01/09/09
A review of Fifty Miles from Tomorrow is posted in “Bookmarks,” the literary blog at The Oregonian

Washington Post review

01/01/09
“Reclaiming the Culture of Alaska” is the title of Dennis Drabelle’s review in the Washington Post

Bookforum review by Deb Vanasse

12/31/08
Bookforum has posted a review by Deb Vanasse (of 49 Writers)

Shelf Awarness reviews FMFT

12/17/08
Review by Debra Ginsberg for Shelf Awareness (“daily enlightenment for the book trade”)

Final word: “An engrossing and vividly detailed memoir of the real Alaska from a fine storyteller and tireless advocate for the rights of Alaska's native people.”

Publishers Weekly Review - A Pick of the Week!

10/26/08
Fifty Miles from Tomorrow reviewed by Publishers Weekly - A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week!