Far Pastures

by R.M. Patterson

The stories in Far Pastures take readers to R.M. Patterson’s homestead in the Peace River country of northern Alberta. To all-night dances that ended as the northern lights faded in the dawn. To escapades on the Fort Nelson, Liard and South Nahanni rivers. And to a ranch in southern Alberta where he raised cattle during the lean years of the 1930s and entertained dudes on mountaintops. In later years, Patterson helped build a wartime road through the Canadian Northwest to Alaska. And then there’s the story of the bear that liked to canoe!

Genres: Nonfiction, Canada, Adventure

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1963

Reviews

[Elinor · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author was not only a great explorer and adventurer, but a great writer. How is that some people have so many attributes at once? Luckily for us he did, because he wrote so entertainingly about his experiences homesteading in the Peace River country of Alberta. dog-sledding up to the Yukon, ranching in the Rocky Mountain foothills and canoeing down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. Far Pastures consists of yarns drawn from a long and action-packed life. I heartily enjoyed it.