Chasing the comet : a Scottish-Canadian life / Patricia Koretchuk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koretchuk, Patricia, 1934-

Series:

Life writing series.

Life writing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caldow, David.

Farm managers--British Columbia--Biography.

Farm managers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, ON : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

""Dour Scot"" is the wrong description for David Caldow, who leads readers on a romp from the early twentieth century to the present, from an insular Scottish village to modern-day, multicultural British Columbia, from boyhood to old age. Throughout the tour he shares decades of laughter, tears, fears, and growth. In 1910, the certain path of David's life in Scotland is disrupted by the visit of an awe-inspiring comet. This brilliant visitor inspires the boy to dream of circling the world, like the comet, even though his life's goal is to become a farm manager, like his father. As

Contents:

Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Scotland; 2. Beginning the Trail; 3. Quebec; 4. A Detour through Hell; 5. Claresholm; 6. The Okanagan Valley-Surviving Together; 7. Kamloops, BC; 8. Colony Farm; 9. Of Love and War; 10. Fatherhood and a Different World; 11. Hatzic; 12. Return to Colony Farm-Herdsman; 13. Tranquille; 14. Colony Farm-The Final Years; 15. Aldergrove; 16. Tanzania; Epilogue; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610925636

9781280925634

1280925639

9780889207400

0889207402

OCLC:

753479524