Title:
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival
JLCTITLE245:
by Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Twentieth anniversary edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Harper Perennial, 2013.
Physical Description:
xvii, 127 pages : illustrations, maps ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9780062244987
General Note:
"This book was originally published in 1993 by Epicenter Press"--Title page verso.
"Tenth anniversary edition published by Perennial in 2004"--Title page verso.
Abstract:
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).
Reading Level:
1030 L Lexile
Genre:
Added Author:
Variant Title:
2 old women
Contents:
Hunger and cold take their toll -- "Let us die trying" -- Recalling old skills -- A painful journey -- Saving a cache of fish -- Sadness among The People -- The stillness is broken -- A new beginning -- About the Gwich'in People.
Available:
Library | Call Number | Type | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Searching... APL Loussac | Y-N WALLIS | Youth Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... FNSB North Pole | E 99 .K84 .W35 2013 | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... JPL Juneau | 398.2 WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... JPL Mendenhall | 398.2 WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Colony Middle | BKS WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Machetanz Elementary | 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Mat-Su Central | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Mat-Su Central | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Mat-Su Central | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Mat-Su Day School | 398.2 WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Palmer High | 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Palmer High | 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Palmer High | 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Palmer High | 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Palmer High | 398.2 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Redington Jr/Sr | AK 398.2 WALLACE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... MSBSD Wasilla High | AK LITERATURE | Textbook for semester | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Mnt Edgecumbe High | AK 398.2 WAL | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... SLN Sitka High | 398.2 WAL | Book - paperback | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Soldotna Public | F WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Soldotna Public | F WALLIS | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... UAS Ketchikan | E99.K84 W35 2013 | Book | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Wasilla Middle School | ALASKA 398 WAL | Class set | Searching... Unknown |
Bound With These Titles
On Order
English
9780062244987
Book
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival
2 old women
Hunger and cold take their toll -- "Let us die trying" -- Recalling old skills -- A painful journey -- Saving a cache of fish -- Sadness among The People -- The stillness is broken -- A new beginning -- About the Gwich'in People.
Wallis, Velma, author.
Grant, Jim, 1946- illustrator.
by Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant.
2013
1993
Two old women : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage and survival
Youth Book
Book
Book
Book
Class set
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Class set
Book
Book
Book
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Textbook for semester
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book
Book - paperback
Book
Book
Book
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Class set
Select a list
The following items were successfully added.
There was an error while adding the following items. Please try again.
One or more items could not be added because you are not logged in.