My wooden suitcase
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Erast Huculak ; [Stephen Bandera, translator ; Maryna Chernyavska, Andriy Nahachewsky, editors]
Contributors: Chernyavska, Maryna; Nahachewsky, Andriy; University of Alberta. Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography
Publisher: Huculak Chair of Ukrainian Culture and Ethnography, in the Kule Centre for Ukrainian and Canadian Folklore, at the University of Alberta
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9781551952857
Subjects: Pharmacists; Biography; Human rights advocacy; Foreign relations; Politics and government; Ukrainian Canadians; Pharmaciens; Biographies; Défense des droits de l'homme; Relations extérieures; Politique et gouvernement; Diplomatic relations
Description: Dr. Huculak's memoir tells of his struggles as a young man in a war ravaged Ukraine, life in the post-war camps, the journey to Canada with his family and his only possession? his wooden suitcase. It also documents his life as a young immigrant to Canada, how he established a successful pharmaceutical business? Medical Pharmacies, and his deep engagement in Ukrainian organizations throughout Canada and Ukraine.
Notes: "Translated and expanded from Moi͡a derev'i͡ana valizka : spomyny. Rivne, Ukraine : Volynsʹ'ki oberehy, 2009"--Title page verso.