McKay Jenkins

McKay Jenkins is an American author, journalist and professor whose work explores the intersection of environment, health and culture. His book Bloody Falls of the Coppermine is a gripping account of the 1913 murders of two Catholic priests by Inuit hunters in the remote Canadian Arctic, and the trial that followed. Jenkins uses this historical event to examine the collision between Western colonial culture and Indigenous ways of life, raising questions about justice, cultural understanding and the consequences of colonialism in the Arctic. He is a professor of English, journalism and environmental humanities at the University of Delaware, where his teaching and research span environmental writing, narrative non-fiction and cultural history. Jenkins has written several books exploring environmental health, outdoor culture and the relationship between humans and the natural world. His writing is characterised by thorough research, narrative power and a willingness to engage with morally complex subjects. The audiobook edition brings his compelling account of this little-known historical tragedy to listeners interested in Arctic history, Indigenous cultures and the complexities of cross-cultural justice.