Chasing The Comet

Product Details

ISBN: 9780889204072
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier
Publication Date: 31 May 2002
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 192 p.

About the Book

How can the sighting of a comet in Scottish skies almost a century ago change farming in British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, and even in Tanzania? What does it have to do with the fiercely independent immigrant son of an iron-fisted Scottish farm manager? What is the relation between farming, sexuality, and love to the dreams of David Caldow in early-twentieth century Canada? 'Dour Scot' is the wrong description for David Caldow, who leads readers on a romp from the early twentieth century to the present, from an insular Scottish village to modern-day multi-cultural British Columbia, from boyhood to old age. Throughout the tour he shares decades of laughter, tears, fears, and growth. Author Patricia Koretchuk, writing in creative documentary style, has ensured that this personal tale is well researched, providing accurate details of both the physical and social environments surrounding the events in David's life, validating his memories, and answering the questions posed above. Chasing the Comet is truth that reads like fiction, a memoir that entertains. It informs and challenges our preconceptions of working people and the times in which they live.