| As I Remember Them: Childhood in Quebec and Why We Came West Contributor(s): Olsen, Jeanne-Elise (Author), Ouellett, G. Lorraine (Editor), Adam, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1552380688 ISBN-13: 9781552380680 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: As a primary source for social historians, this remarkable memoir eloquently tells a personal story that reveals much about life in rural Quebec and the Canadian West through the first half of the twentieth century. This well-told account by the daughter of a Roman Catholic priest has much to say of the extent of religious control in rural Quebec at the time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2003501651 |
| Series: Legacies Shared |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.02" W x 7.16" (0.80 lbs) 339 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Originally written in the early 1970s, As I Remember Them is based on Jeanne-Elise Olsen's extraordinary recall of her childhood and youth spent in an isolated part of the Laurentians in the Li vre River Valley in the early twentieth century. Jeanne was the daughter of a Roman Catholic priest who was excommunicated from the Church because he married a woman in his parish. She recounts how the Church lifted the ban, but only on specific conditions, one of which was for the family to leave Quebec. The Olsen family moved to Ditton Park in east-central Saskatchewan, where they became engaged in agricultural pursuits. This memoir eloquently tells a personal story-and social history-that reveals strength of character, family bonds, religious devotion, and childhood memories that are truly reflective of life in Quebec and the Canadian West. Sensuous and rich in detail, As I Remember Them will leave you with lasting images of the unforgettable personalities, the strength of clerical control in one family's destiny, and the vast and varied Canadian landscape. |