| To Be a Cowboy: Oliver Christensen's Story Volume 10 Contributor(s): Holliday, Barbara (Author), Christensen, Oliver (As Told by) |
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ISBN: 155238117X ISBN-13: 9781552381175 Publisher: University of Calgary Press OUR PRICE: $26.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004396722 |
| Series: Legacies Shared |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.71" W x 9.77" (0.85 lbs) 164 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During a time of two world wars and a sluggish world economy, many Northern Europeans left their homelands to build the American and Canadian West with dreams of abundance and new life. Spanning a period from the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, To Be a Cowboy: Oliver Christensen's Story recounts the dreams and realities of a father and a son. Otto Christensen came to North America in the early 1900s as an indentured farm worker from Denmark with a dream of becoming a successful farmer in Alberta. His son, Oliver, grew up on his father's farm during the Dirty Thirties and soon realized his dream of becoming a cowboy in the mid-1940s. As a rider at the Bar U Ranch -- the largest, most successful ranch in Canada at the time - Oliver discovered life as a cowboy could not be his for long. Based on oral history interviews and a treasure trove of family papers, To Be A Cowboy is a compelling memoir that paints a portrait of a dying way of life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holliday, Barbara: - Barbara Holliday was a historian on the Bar U Ranch National Historic Site development project for six years. Born in Manitoba, Barbara moved from one Canadian Navy base to another, dreaming of owning a horse and living in Alberta one day. |