"Pub Date: 2013-11-05 Pages: 160 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins 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 eithe ..."
Two Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by VelmaWallis, Jim Grant, A. C. Callahan Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Perennial Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-06-072352-1, ISBN: 0-06-072352-1
"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 Wa ..."
"With the publication of "Two Old Women, " Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,00 ..."
"With the publication of "Two Old Women, " Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,00 ..."
"Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to daughters of the upper Yukon River area 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 two women have been known to complain more than contribute, they now must either survive on their own or die truing. In simple but vivid detail, Velma ..."
"An Athabascan Indian of Alaska's Yukon flats, author Velma Wallis retells a classic legend wherein two old women are abandoned by their tribe during a brutal winter famine and must survive on their own or die trying. A wise and simple story now in paperback. Winner of a 1993 Western State Book Award."
Two Old Women(10th Edition) An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival - 20th Anniversary Edition by VelmaWallis, Jim Grant Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2004 by Epicenter Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9724944-9-6, ISBN: 0-9724944-9-9
"An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and SurvivalBased on an Athabascan legend passed along from mother to daughter for many generations on the upper Yukon River in Alaska, this is the tragic and shocking story--with a surprise ending--of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe that faces starvation brought on by unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and game. The story of survival is told with suspense by Vel ..."
Raising Ourselves(1st Edition) A Gwich'in Coming of Age Story from the Yukon River (Alaska Book Adventures (Epicenter Press)) by VelmaWallis, James L. Grant Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2002 by Epicenter Press ISBN-13: 978-0-9708493-0-4, ISBN: 0-9708493-0-3
"Velma Wallis shares the love, loss, and struggle that mark her coming of age in a two-room cabin at Fort Yukon, Alaska, where she is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life is defined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon. Kill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked around the cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocence and laughter, too, as the children escape into a w ..."
"There is not enough food for a group of Athabascan Native Americans to survive the harsh Alaskan winter, and the chief must decide to leave two old women behind. Can the women survive alone, or will they die before the winter is over?"
Two Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival by VelmaWallis, Jim Grant Paperback, Published 2002 by Demco Media ISBN-13: 978-0-606-25127-3, ISBN: 0-606-25127-8
Two Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal by VelmaWallis, Jim Grant Library, Published 1999 by Harpercollins Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-7857-4419-1, ISBN: 0-7857-4419-3
"In this traditional Alaskan legend, two old women abandoned by their migrating tribe refuse to die in the wilderness. They irritate each other, snap and snarl as they struggle for survival, in this testament to the resilience of older women"
"With the publication of Two Old Women, Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,000 c ..."
Two Old Women An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by VelmaWallis Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1998 by The Women's Press Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-7043-4424-2, ISBN: 0-7043-4424-6
"In this traditional Alaskan legend, two old women abandoned by their migrating tribe refuse to die in the wilderness. They irritate each other, snap and snarl as they struggle for survival, in this testament to the resilience of older women"
Two Old Women An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by VelmaWallis Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1994 by Harpercollins Publishers ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097637-8, ISBN: 0-06-097637-3
Two Old Women, Ition An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by VelmaWallis 160 Pages, Published 2013 by Harper Collins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-224499-4, ISBN: 0-06-224499-X
Two Old Women, Ition An Alaska Survival Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by VelmaWallis Published 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-226679-8, ISBN: 0-06-226679-9
Raising Ourselves by VelmaWallis Encadernação Para Biblioteca, Published 2003 by San Val ISBN-13: 978-0-613-99953-3, ISBN: 0-613-99953-3
"Opening a window to a world rarely seen, Velma Wallis tells her family's troubled history with honesty, wisdom, wit, and overriding hope. Wallis also wrote Two Old Women, the million-seller translated into seventeen languages."
"In her spellbinding second book, the award-winning author interweaves two classic Athabaskan legends set in ancient central Alaska. This is the story of two rebels who break the strict taboos of their communal culture in their quests for freedom and adventure. Readers will be captivated by this profound myth about two young people who wander far from their culture's deeply held traditions and eventually must find a way to come home agai ..."