000			02976cam a2200445Ii 4500
001			830367407
003			OCoLC
005			20210525133345.0
008			130318t20131993nyuab 000 0 eng d
020			_a0062244981
020			_a9780062244987
035			_a(OCoLC)830367407 _z(OCoLC)867116298
037			_bHarpercollins, 53 Glenmaura National Blvd Ste 300, Moosaic, PA, USA, 18507-2132 _nSAN 200-2086
040			_cAJM
043			_an-us-ak
100	1		_aWallis, Velma, _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93045153 _eauthor _96868
245	1	0	_aTwo old women : _ban Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival / _cby Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant
246	3		_a2 old women
250			_aTwentieth anniversary edition
264		1	_aNew York : _bHarper Perennial, _c2013
264		4	_c©1993
300			_axvii, 127 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c19 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"This book was originally published in 1993 by Epicenter Press"--Title page verso
500			_a"Tenth anniversary edition published by Perennial in 2004"--Title page verso
505	0	0	_tHunger and cold take their toll -- _t"Let us die trying" -- _tRecalling old skills -- _tA painful journey -- _tSaving a cache of fish -- _tSadness among The People -- _tThe stillness is broken -- _tA new beginning -- _tAbout the Gwich'in People
520			_aBased 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)
650		0	_aGwich'in Indians _vFolklore _96869
650		0	_aAthapascan Indians _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009107 _vFolklore. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001556 _96870
650		1	_aIndians of North America _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sj96005727 _vFolklore. _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/childrensSubjects/sh99001556 _96463
650		7	_aAthapascan Indians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00819946 _96871
650		7	_aGwich'in Indians. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00949556 _96872
655		7	_aFolklore. _2gsafd _96873
655		7	_aFolklore. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01423784 _96873
700	1		_aGrant, Jim, _d1946- _0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010189346 _eillustrator _96874
907			_a.b162379572
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
999			_c27480 _d27480