In Alaska. Il paese degli uomini liberi
An intense book that recounts, through a solo journey, the discovery of Alaska, a ‘Last Frontier’ that contrasts the security of the comfortable, modern, consumerist life with the constant uncertainty of those who have chosen freedom. In a solo journey of over 10,000 kilometres in Alaska, the author, a human rights activist, follows the paths of gold prospectors, pioneers and whalers. Up there, at the edge of the world, she encounters a strong and gentle human nature, but also touches the catastrophic results of global warming and the White Man’s cruelties. His most intense experiences are beyond the Arctic Circle, where solitude touches the highest peaks and white silence reigns supreme. It will be Captain Roy, of the Inupiaq people, who will open the door to the ancient traditions of his people, but also reveal to her the harsh reality of an unscrupulous world fighting over oil and money; a world where the polar bear – the gentle giant of the Arctic – is among the first victims of irreversible change.
Writer and journalist, Raffaella Milandri is a human rights activist for Indigenous Peoples, an expert scholar of Native Americans and a graduate in Anthropology. She is an honorary member of the Four Winds Cherokee Tribe in Louisiana and the Crow Tribe in Montana. She has published over ten books, all on Native Americans and Indigenous Peoples, with a focus on human rights, in both a historical and contemporary context.
