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TWO OLD WOMEN : An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival
by Wallis, Velma
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- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0060975849
- ISBN 13
- 9780060975845
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About This Item
New York, NY: Perennial Library/Harper & Row, 1994. First Edition, 10th Printing . Soft cover. Fine/None as Issued. Jim Grant (Illustrator). BRAND NEW Copy. Winner of the 1993 Western States Book Award. An ancient Athabascan Indian legend, handed down from mother to daughter, retold by mother to Velma Wallis who now hands it on to many. Long, long ago before arrival of Western culture, in the cold, hard days of Alaska winter, the tribal chief, in consulation with The People's Council, announced that in the face of starvation the aged who could no longer contribute to the well being of the whole are not to travel with the tribe. So begins a new phase of life for two very old women, who, frankly, had dined on their aches and pains adroitly to avoid work.
Synopsis
Two Old Women is a 1993 novel by Velma Wallis, set in Fairbanks, Alaska. In archaic times: Two old women spend the winter abandoned by their tribe in the wilderness.
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- Title
- TWO OLD WOMEN : An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival
- Author
- Wallis, Velma
- Illustrator
- Jim Grant (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 10th Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0060975849
- ISBN 13
- 9780060975845
- Publisher
- Perennial Library/Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- Fiction/Legend/Athabascan Indian/Alaska
- Bookseller catalogs
- Legends/Myths/Folk Tales;
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