Where to get the book

At the moment, there are several options. You can order directly from the publisher or order through Alaska bookstores like Gulliver's Books, Title Wave, or the UAF Bookstore.

You can also order on line through Amazon, or, if you are looking for a distributor for this title for your bookstore, you can contact Partners West Book Distribution.

And, of course, it is going to be available at the Alaska Airmen's Association conference, the Valdez Fly-In, and other aviation events!

The book retails for $25 and is a paperback, with many photos, appendices, and an index.

A photo of Jorgy

From Men of the Tundra: Alaska Eskimos at War, by Muktuk Marston, comes a listing on Alaskool of photos, including one of Jorgy. You have to scroll most of the way down the page.

Advance box has arrived!

The first two boxes of the book have arrived (just yesterday) and the first batch of review copies of Jorgy have gone out! Review copies will be going to newspapers and magazines around the state, including small newspapers in towns where Jorgy had regular flights, or which are discussed in the book. These include places like Nome, Kotzebue, Bethel, and elsewhere.

The books are on their way!

The books shipped today from the printer. Half will be drop shipped to Anchorage, just in time for the aviation conference, and the other half will come up to Fairbanks.

At the Alaska State Aviation trade show

The annual Alaska Airmen's Convention and trade show is a huge aviation show and get-together in Alaska. Jorgy Jorgensen, Jean Lester, and the publisher will have a table at this event -- along with Jorgy's memoir! Come see us there!