The Narrow Way (Paperback or Softback)

Novak, Walter A.

ISBN 10: 1426915756 / ISBN 13: 9781426915758

Published by Trafford Publishing 11/21/2009, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Narrow Way (Paperback or Softback)
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing 11/21/2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426915756
• ISBN 13: 9781426915758
• Binding: Paperback or Softback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This book was written "in the raw", as a father would tell his life story to his family. Walter Novak, born in immigrant poverty in timbered Canada, migrated as a child to Michigan.

Novak became a horse-trainer, worked in CCC camps, survived the hard times of the jobless 1930s, earned a Purple Heart in WWII. He devoted himself to his beloved wife Sophie during her devastating cancer. With humour, warmth and authenticity, we join a journey told by a rough field hand who evolves to a self-taught indispensable Head of Heating Operations at a Michigan community college, a man with introspection and great Christian faith, from remote dark Canada to sunny Florida.

Translated from audio-tapes, the easy-to-read, detailed-filled vignettes retain the unique vernacular of the Polish-Russian immigrant.

Readers are treated to ancient folk-tales, intimate secrets for breaking and raising horses, and survival skills gained from the rough streets of lawless Detroit.

Told with great good humour, the vignettes remind of Ingalls. They are family oriented and enjoyable for all ages.

About the Author

One who fought an up-hill battle of life and somehow joyfully reached the top. This is Novak's third book. People describe him as a pistol in his heyday; a gentle soul today. Raised in the backwoods of darkest Canada, his life-story is told with the care and detail of a veteran story-teller.