Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal Courage and Survival theory he and his family have

he and his family have lived a life of late-night exits and narrow escapes--always on the move across the South to stay one step ahead of the law

and the tender ironies of woe and mercy

exposing their business ties and multigenerational interrelationships through birth and marriage

tying this knowledge with current scientific advances

of her love for Darrel

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal Courage and Survival theory he and his family haveBased 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