Raising Ourselves
by Raising Ourselves
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Description
Velma Wallis shares the love, loss, and struggle that mark her
coming of age in a two-room cabin at Fort Yukon, Alaska, where
she is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life is
defined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon.
Kill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked around
the cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocence
and laughter, too, as the children escape into a world of
play under the midnight sun.
The once-migratory family has settled at the confluence of two
she is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life is
defined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon.
Kill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked around
the cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocence
and laughter, too, as the children escape into a world of
play under the midnight sun.
Product Details
- Epicenter Press, Incorpor Brand
- Sep 1, 2003 Pub Date:
- 0972494472 ISBN-10:
- 9780972494472 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 212.0 pages Paperback
- 9 in * 0.54 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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