Bøker av Russell Oscar Olson

Was it Like?Memories of Youth, Family & Career What Was it Like? Farm life in Minnesota in the 1920Õs . . .going to school in a one-room schoolhouse . . . drifting duringthe Great Depression . . . new opportunities opened up by acollege education . . . the decision to move a young family toIndia in 1955 . . . the exciting challenges of a 25-year careerspent mainly overseas in India, Italy, and Africa. . . a new life inretirement near family and friends in Davis, California.These colorful and often inspiring stories were written byRussell Olson over a 4-year period from 1994 through 1998,after many pleas from his family to record memories of his youthand career.From his descriptions of a farm boy growing up in a large familyin rural Minnesota during the Depression, to his recollectionsof college, career and family, these stories refl ect the joy, wonderand optimism with which Russ experienced life, and his abidinginterest and genuine concern for the many people around theworld that he had the good fortune to meet.