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Two Old Women - An Alaska Legend Of Betrayal, Courage And Survival by Velma Wallis, Jim (Illustrator) Grant Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-06-097584-9 / 0060975849 ISBN-13: 978-0-06-097584-5 / 9780060975845 Based on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along 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. Though these two women h |