{"product_id":"dreaming-bears-j-michael-holloway-9781935347309","title":"Dreaming Bears","description":"\u003cp\u003eis is the true story of the rare friendship that develops between a young medical student\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith deep roots in the South and an elderly Indian couple in the wilds of northeast Alaska. In\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1961, Mike Holloway, his brother Ted, and a college friend set out from South Carolina to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003espend the summer hiking in arctic Alaska, intending to live o the land. ey end up in the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehomeland of the Gwich'in - the northernmost Indians in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ee young men charter a small plane into the isolated village of Venetie, and are directed to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe remote cabins of Johnny and Sarah Frank, an elderly Gwich'in couple who lived a thirty-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eve mile walk from the village. Johnny was a well-known storyteller and former medicine man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah made their home welcoming with warm, calm kindness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike's rich encounters in Gwich'in country deepen his love of wild land and his respect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor those who depend upon it for their survival. experience alters his life. He becomes the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadopted grandson of Johnny and Sarah, returning to Alaska as a doctor and an advocate for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe land and its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Michael Holloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1935347306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781935347309\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epicenter Press (WA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/02\/2014","brand":"J. Michael Holloway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43937574551807,"sku":"9781935347309","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8b866d0c-fdab-4ad3-b405-2d636c0b0b0b.jpg?v=1681430867","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dreaming-bears-j-michael-holloway-9781935347309","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}