Under the Hunger Moon

Book excerpt: Carl Joseph ("Pat") Buchanan (l9l8-l995) was a hobo, a farmer, a trapper, a hunter and hunting guide, a sawyer, a handyman, and finally a freelance writer. He lived for thirty-five years in the Whitemud Valley north of Waskatenau, Alberta. Then he moved to Athabasca, where he farmed, sawed lumber, and guided hunters for another twenty years. Finally he retired to Penticton and pursued his writing career in earnest, selling his stories to such prestigious magazines as 'The Beaver' and 'Reader's Digest'.