Northern rover : the life story of Olaf Hanson / A.L. Karras with Olaf Hanson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karras, A. L.

Contributor:

Hanson, Olaf.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Saskatchewan--Love Region--History.

Fisheries.

Frontier and pioneer life--Saskatchewan--Love Region.

Frontier and pioneer life.

Outdoor life--Saskatchewan--Love Region--History.

Outdoor life.

Fishers--Saskatchewan--Biography.

Fishers.

Trappers--Saskatchewan--Biography.

Trappers.

Hanson Lake Road (Sask.)--History.

Hanson Lake Road (Sask.).

Love Region (Sask.)--History.

Love Region (Sask.).

Love Region (Sask.)--Biography.

Hanson, Olaf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : AU Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From 1919 to 1970, Olaf Hanson was a trapper, fur trader, prospector, game guardian, fisherman, and road blasting expert in northeastern Saskatchewan. He told his life story to popular Saskatchewan author A. L. Karras, who wrote this historical memoir in the 1980s. In an uncompromising, straightforward style, Karras and Hanson reveal the geography, wildlife, natural history of the region as well as the business and social interactions between people. Their book offers a look at the vanished subsistence and commercial economy of the boreal forest, wound around a fascinating personal story of co

Contents:

1. ROAD TO LEARNING; 2 FOREST RANGER; 3 FROM POACHER TO GAME GUARDIAN; 4 BEAR CUBS; 5 HARDSHIPS AND HAPPY DAYS; 6 COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN; 7 FUR TRADER; 8 STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN FLIN FLON; 9 JAN LAKE, 1932-33; 10 THE WANDERING TRAPPERS; 11 NO POT OF GOLD; 12 AT THE RAINBOW'S END; 13 IN ROCKBOUND COUNTRY; 14 REINDEER LAKE TO LYNN LAKE; 15 LADY PROSPECTOR; 16 THE HANSON LAKE ROAD; EPILOGUE; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-81953-4

9786612819537

1-897425-16-3

OCLC:

607918016