Yellow Boots (novel)

Yellow Boots is a 1954 novel by Canadian-Ukrainian author Vera Lysenko. The novel is considered the first English language novel written by a Canadian of Ukrainian descent.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ Esyllt Wynne Jones, Adele Perry, Leah Morton Place and Replace: Essays on Western Canada -2013 Page 191 0887554318 "First published in 1954, Yellow Boots is credited as the first English-language novel written by a Canadian of Ukrainian descent." It tells Lilli Landash's story: as the daughter of Ukrainian immigrants, Lilli experiences a harsh life on a prairie ..."
  2. ^ Lisa Grekul Leaving Shadows: Literature in English by Canada's Ukrainians 0888644523 - 2005 "What Lysenko attempts to offer in Yellow Boots is the story of a Ukrainian Canadian girl who, in the process of growing up and leaving her family's rural home, makes a successful transition and a rich contribution to Canadian culture."
  3. ^ Terrence Craig Racial Attitudes in English-Canadian Fiction, 1905-1980-- 2010 Page 76 1554586615 An unprepossessing novel set in the West, beginning in 1927 on the prairie and then moving with Lilli, the heroine, to Winnipeg, Yellow Boots is not just about Lysenko's own Boukovinians, who inhabit most of its pages. It depends on them for ..."
  4. ^ Sonia Mycak - Canuke Literature: Critical Essays on Canadian Ukrainian Writing 2001 -"The protagonist is Lilli Landash and Yellow Boots is her story: her childhood in a harsh farming family and community, her escape from an arranged marriage to Winnipeg where she becomes a domestic and factory worker, her journey into ..."