Cold River Spirits - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jan Harper-HainesAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-04-01Pages:200
Language:EnglishPublisher:Epicenter Press (WA)ISBN-13:9781935347156ISBN-10:1935347152UPC:9781935347156Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Historical, Personal Memoirs, Cultural, Ethnic & RegionalBook Topic:IndigenousSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCPHNNBW2T
Cold River Spirits
A wryly humorous and inspirational story about a proud Alaska Native family struggling to survive in two worlds. Sam and Louise Harper and their ten children make a soul-grinding transition into a modern white-dominated society where they face bigotry, poverty, and illness. Yet, Louise, the Athabascan matriarch, remains in touch with centuries-old traditions of healing, honoring nature's spirits,...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Epicenter Press (WA)ISBN-13:9781935347156ISBN-10:1935347152UPC:9781935347156Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Historical, Personal Memoirs, Cultural, Ethnic & RegionalBook Topic:IndigenousSize:8.30 x 5.40 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCPHNNBW2T
Born in Sitka, Alaska, of Koyukon Athabascan and French-Dutch descent, Jan Harper-Haines began gathering stories about her Athabascan mother and grandmother in 1990. The author earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Alaska, where her mother, Flora Jane Harper, was the first Native graduate in 1935. She lives in the San Francisco area.
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
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