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Author Wallis, Velma.

Title Left behind : an Alaska legend of betrayal, courage, and survival / by Velma Wallis ; illustrations by Jim Grant.

Publication Info. Carmel, Calif. : Hampton-Brown, [2009?]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA 398.2098972 Wallis Lef 2009    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer
Description 108 pages : illustrations maps ; 22 cm.
Series The exchange
Exchange (Hampton-Brown)
Note Originally published: Two old women. Fairbanks : Epicenter Press, ©1993.
Summary Hampton-Brown/The Exchange Level 2 - How do challenges bring out the best and the worst in people? - A group of Athabascan Native American Indians fight to survive in the harsh Alaskan winter. There is not enough food. The chief has to decide: should he leave two old women behind or risk the lives of the entire group? The choice is a cruel one, but the decision is clear. Can the women survive alone, or will they die before the winter is over? How will the women handle the situation?
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer
Subject Gwich'in Indians -- Folklore.
Athapascan Indians -- Folklore.
Athapascan Indians.
Gwich'in Indians.
Genre/Form Folklore.
Literature.
Added Title Two old women https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010077613
ISBN 0736231633 (paperback)
9780736231633 (paperback)