Tending the Tree of Life
illustrated by Wendy Winter
edited by Barbara Kahan
limited edition of 200 copies
softcover ~ 112 pages ~ 6″ x 9″ ~ $25.00
illustrations & photos: black & white
ISBN 978-0-9881229-8-7
released March 2015
How did a Jewish farm boy from Saskatchewan end up participating in LSD experiments and other cutting-edge psychiatric research? Irwin Kahan – World War II veteran, champion for people suffering from schizophrenia, father of three – recounts his often dramatic life. He tells his story simply, with an engaging quirkiness that makes his character come fully alive on the page. This memoir illustrates the compassion and dedication of a man who strove, with humour and optimism, to tend the tree of life.
Tending the Tree of Life
a memoir by Irwin Kahan
illustrated by Wendy Winter
edited by Barbara Kahan
limited edition of 200 copies
softcover ~ 112 pages ~ 6″ x 9″ ~ $25.00
illustrations & photos: black & white
ISBN 978-0-9881229-8-7
released March 2015
How did a Jewish farm boy from Saskatchewan end up participating in LSD experiments and other cutting-edge psychiatric research? Irwin Kahan – World War II veteran, champion for people suffering from schizophrenia, father of three – recounts his often dramatic life. He tells his story simply, with an engaging quirkiness that makes his character come fully alive on the page. This memoir illustrates the compassion and dedication of a man who strove, with humour and optimism, to tend the tree of life.
Tending the Tree of Life
How did a Jewish farm boy from Saskatchewan end up participating in LSD experiments and other cutting-edge psychiatric research? Irwin Kahan – World War II veteran, champion for people suffering from schizophrenia, father of three – recounts his often dramatic life. He tells his story simply, with an engaging quirkiness that makes his character come fully alive on the page. This memoir illustrates the compassion and dedication of a man who strove, with humour and optimism, to tend the tree of life.