Northern rover
Subtitle: the life story of Olaf Hanson
By: by A.L. Karras ; with Olaf Hanson
Contributors: Hanson, Olaf
Publisher: AU Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edmonton
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9781897425169; 9781897425015
Subjects: Plein air; Love Region; Biographies; Fishers; Pe ches; Pe cheurs; Olaf Hanson; Historical; Trappeurs; Trappers; Vie des pionniers; HISTORY; Love Region (Sask.); Saskatchewan; Histoire; General; Fisheries; Frontier and pioneer life; Outdoor life; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; History; Agriculture; Biography; Hanson Lake Road (Sask.)
Description: "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." "Karras and Hanson reveal the geography, wildlife, natural history of the region as well as the business and social interactions between people. The 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: COVER PAGE; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; 1 ROAD TO LEARNING; 2 FOREST RANGER; 3 FROM POACHER TO GAME GUARDIAN; 4 BEAR CUBS; 5 HARDSHIPS AND HAPPY DAYS; 6 COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN; 7 FUR TRADER; 8 STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL IN FLIN FLON; 9 JAN LAKE, 1932-33; 10 THE WANDERING TRAPPERS; 11 NO POT OF GOLD; 12 AT THE RAINBOW'S END; 13 IN ROCKBOUND COUNTRY; 14 REINDEER LAKE TO LYNN LAKE; 15 LADY PROSPECTOR; 16 THE HANSON LAKE ROAD; EPILOGUE; INDEX.