Excerpt:

"About the authors-At the time of this book is being published, Frank and Emma Williams have been married for 63 years. Most of this time they have lived in the same house in Ketchikan overlooking the boat harbor. From there they witnessed a gradual disappearance of the ancient Tlingit way of life and the emergence of a new generation of Tlingits.

"Frank Williams has owned three fishing boats in his long career as a fisherman and sometime guide. During his childhood in Metlakatla he learned to speak Tsimshian, and to this day the Williamses are visited by their Tsimshian friends in Ketchikan.
"Emma Williams has also earned money by sewing and doing beadwork over the years. As she frequently mentions in her texts, she owes much of her knowledge of the traditional Tlingit life to the fact that she was careful to listen to her mother- and father-in-law.

"The Williamses have two daughters and nine grandchildren, who are listed, together with their Tlingit names as far as they are known, on the facing page."

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