Channeling Elizabeth Peratrovich
I FIRST HEARD OF ELIZABETH PERATROVICH from Ernest Gruening, who was my very first hero. (Well, okay, after Herbie “The Shishmaref Cannonball” Noyukpuk, who mushed to great glory in the World Championship Sled Dog Races.) I guess Ernest Gruening was my first political hero. He was the territorial governor of Alaska from 1939 until 1953…