01961cam a2200325 i 4500 507533199 TxAuBib 20210729120000.0 130318t20131993||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062244987 trade pbk. $14.99 0062244981 trade pbk. $14.99 (OCoLC)830367407 TxAuBib rda Wallis, Velma. Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival / by Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant. Twentieth anniversary edition. New York : Harper Perennial, 2013. ℗1993. xvii, 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This book was originally published in 1993 by Epicenter Press"--Title page verso. Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River Valley in Alaska, this is the suspenseful, shocking, ultimately inspirational tale of two old women abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine. Though these women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die trying. In simple but vivid detail, Velma Wallis depicts a landscape and way of life that are at once merciless and starkly beautiful. In her old women, she has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community, and forgiveness "speaks straight to the heart with clarity, sweetness, and wisdom" (Ursula K. Le Guin). 20210729. Gwich'in Indians Folklore. Athapascan Indians Folklore. Indians of North America Folklore. Grant, Jim, 1946-