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Velma Wallis and her mother were chopping wood at the mouth of the Porcupine River, where it flows into the Yukon, when Wallis first heard the legend of the Two Old Women - an elderly pair's "journey into hardship." Passed from mothers to daughters for many generations, the ancient story of abandonment is tragic and shocking but comes with a surprise that will lighten your heart. In 1993, Velma Wallis's retelling of the legen in book form chal...

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 dep...

The author of the bestselling "Two Old Women" retells another classic Alaskan Indian legend about two adventurers who break the taboos of their community and set out on dangerous quests for freedom and knowledge. Line art throughout.

Velma Wallis shares the love, loss, and struggle that mark hercoming of age in a two-room cabin at Fort Yukon, Alaska, whereshe is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life isdefined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon.Kill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked aroundthe cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocenceand laughter, too, as the children escape into a world ofplay u...

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In this traditional Alaskan legend, two old women abandoned by their migrating tribe refuse to die in the wilderness. They stir each other on as they struggle for survival, in this testament to the strength, courage and resilience of older women.

Hoffnung, Mut und der Wille zu überleben Der Nomadenstamm der Gwich-in, hoch oben in Alaska, wird während eines extremen Winters von einer Hungersnot heimgesucht. Wie es das Stammesgesetz vorsieht, beschließt der Häuptling, zwei alte Frauen als unnütze Esser zurückzulassen. In der eisigen Wildnis auf sich allein gestellt, geschieht das Erstaunliche: die beiden Frauen finden den Mut und den Willen zu überleben. Und es gelingt ihnen.

Ein Nomadenstamm im hohen Norden von Alaska: Während eines bitterkalten Winters kommt es zu einer gefährlichen Hungersnot. Wie das alte Stammesgesetz es vorschreibt, beschließt der Häuptling, die beiden ältesten Frauen als »unnütze Esser« zurückzulassen, um den Stamm zu retten. Doch in der Einsamkeit der eisigen Wildnis geschieht das Unglaubliche: Die beiden alten Indianerfrauen geben nicht auf, sondern besinnen sich auf ihre ureigenen Fähigke...