{"product_id":"raising-ourselves-9780972494472","title":"Raising Ourselves","description":"\u003cp\u003eVelma Wallis shares the love, loss, and struggle that mark her\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecoming of age in a two-room cabin at Fort Yukon, Alaska, where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked around\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand laughter, too, as the children escape into a world of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplay under the midnight sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe once-migratory family has settled at the confluence of two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe is born in 1960, the sixth of thirteen children. Family life is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edefined by the business of survival: Haul water from the Yukon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKill a moose. Chop firewood. Feed the sled dogs staked around\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe cabin. Run the trap line. Catch salmon. It is a time of innocence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand laughter, too, as the children escape into a world of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplay under the midnight sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWallis, Velma:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eVelma Wallis' career as a bestselling author would have seemed improbable - if not fantastical - to her as a young girl. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWallis' personal odyssey began in the remote Fort Yukon, Alaska. Having dropped out of school at age 13 to care for her siblings after their father's death, Wallis earned her GED and then surprised friends and relatives by moving into an old trapping cabin 12 miles from Fort Yukon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor almost a dozen years, she survived by hunting, fishing and trapping - a daring and independent lifestlye that helped define her personal identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe now middle-aged author currently divides her time between Fort Yukon and Fairbanks with her three daughters. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 1993 Western States Book Award and the 1994 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for \u003ci\u003eTwo Old Women\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the 2003 Before Columbus Foundation Award for \u003ci\u003eRaising Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Epicenter Press (WA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717787619602,"sku":"9780972494472","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e2b24023-3a2e-46ac-b60e-a4b4a5ac0b1d.jpg?v=1734626572","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/raising-ourselves-9780972494472","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}