TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roesch,E.P.
TI  - Ashana
SN  - 0345372980 (pbk.) :
AV  - PS3568.O365 A8 1990
U1  - 813/.54 20
PY  - 1991///, c1990
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine
KW  - Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich,
KW  - Dena'ina Indians
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Athapascan Indians
KW  - Indians of North America
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Russians
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - To 1867
N2  - It is the 1790s, and the old ways of Alayeksa are perishing, crushed by a collision of cultures. Russian fur traders are claiming the rich Alaskan wilderness for imperial Russia, and forcing the proud Native Americans into slavery. Beautiful Ashana, torn from her young husband to be the mistress and servant of the captain of the invaders, turns for help to the ancient spirits who have always guided her people. In the magical spirit world of the raven, in the memory of the husband she believes to be dead, in the force of her unremitting rage. Ashana finds the wisdom and power to challenge her cruel destiny
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/ashanaroes00roes
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL9451391M
ER  -