Under the Hunger Moon

The Saga of an Alberta Homesteader by Carl J. Buchanan

Triumph and tragedy often go together in human life, and so it was with my father, Carl Joseph Buchanan.

"A very nice story. I enjoyed every page. It tells a story about the way things really were."

Beverley Jones
Author of High Heels 'n Oil

Carl J. Buchanan

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.