This book is the autobiography of an Inupiat man, born in an isolated mining community in the 1920s, having only an eighth-grade education, who, amidst a frontier mentality of conqueror superiority, surpassed the prejudice of his time to become a legendary aviator. Holger Jorgensen recounts events in his life with a dry wit, describing his early years living a subsistence lifestyle, working in the gold mines of Haycock, mushing dogs as a youth and later in the Alaska Scouts, working for Sig Wien as a fire potter, learning to fly; he relates his experiences in early Alaskan aviation, flying the DEW line, shipping for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, and working for various cargo services and airlines. Telling his story in spare, no-fuss fashion, this book allows a vivid glimpse into a tumultuous and exciting period in aviation from the point of view of one of Alaska's early Native bush pilots.