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As I Remember Them

Childhood in Quebec and Why We Came West

by (author) Jeanne-Elise Olsen

edited by G. Lorraine Ouellett & Ian Adam

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2002
Category
Personal Memoirs, Women, Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552380680
    Publish Date
    Dec 2002
    List Price
    $24.95
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    ISBN
    9781552382844
    Publish Date
    Dec 2002
    List Price
    $24.95

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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 Lièvre 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.

 

 

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Contributor Notes

Jeanne-Elise Olson was born in Val-des-Bois Quebec and moved to Saskatoon in 1918. She achieved a Master of Arts at the University of Alberta and taught Art, Botany, and French.

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As I Remember Them

Childhood in Quebec and Why We Came West

by (author) Jeanne-Elise Olsen
edited by G. Lorraine Ouellett & Ian Adam