Northern Rover: The Life Story of Olaf Hanson

The Life Story of Olaf Hanson

Nonfiction, History, Americas, Canada, Biography & Memoir
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Author: A.L. Karras, Olaf Hanson ISBN: 9781897425169
Publisher: Athabasca University Press Publication: March 1, 2008
Imprint: AU Press Language: English
Author: A.L. Karras, Olaf Hanson
ISBN: 9781897425169
Publisher: Athabasca University Press
Publication: March 1, 2008
Imprint: AU Press
Language: English

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 courage and physical stamina.

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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 courage and physical stamina.

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