From the moment we are cleverly introduced to his family through reminiscences about taking family portraits, it is clear that this is much more than a memoir. Apt literary references, coupled with an
From the moment we are cleverly introduced to his family through reminiscences about taking family portraits, it is clear that this is much more than a memoir. Apt literary references, coupled with an artist-poet-naturalist's descriptions of places and events, make this a unique book of prairie life in the 1940s.
Victor Carl Friesen
was born and raised on the family farm near Rosthern, Saskatchewan, during the Great Depression. A natural teacher, Friesen taught in a variety of settings over the years-rural one-room school, town school, university, technical institute, and community college-while pursuing his interests in history, natural history, literature, singing, painting, and photography on the side. In 1983, he left teaching to become a full-time freelance writer.
View Biographical note
