Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival

By Velma Wallis(Kutchin).  Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed 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.  In Two Old Women, Wallis has created two heroines of steely determination whose story of betrayal, friendship, community and forgiveness will carve out a permanent place in readers' imaginations.

140 pages Paperback $11.00