Jorgy: the life of Native Alaskan bush pilot and airline captain Holger "Jorgy" Jorgensen by Holger Jorgensen

Jorgy: the life of Native Alaskan bush pilot and airline captain Holger "Jorgy" Jorgensen by Holger Jorgensen. This is the memoir of a native [actually half native] Alaskan pilot. What comes across most strongly is his disdain of bureaucrats and other non-fliers. Some of the stories involving racism in Alaska were quite interesting. He certainly doesn't mince his words. Typical for autobiographies of this type are various stories of flying near disasters.

The book is really let down by some editorial decisions. According to the introduction this was based on oral history interviews. Apparently the tapes were just transcribed there doesn't appear to have been any editing. So there are occasional asides that could have been easily cleaned up. The chapters also seem to be somewhat random. They jump all over his career. They're not even thematic as far as I can tell.

Sadly not recommended there's a good story here but it's buried.

Is available through Abebooks.




This book was provided through Librarything's early review program.