Companions of the Peace : diaries and letters of Monica Storrs, 1931-1939 / edited by Vera K. Fast ; with an introduction by Vera K. Fast and Mary Kinnear.
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TextPublisher: Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1999Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations, map, photographsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442673168 (e-book)
- Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967 -- Diaries
- Storrs, Monica, 1888-1967 -- Correspondence
- Anglican Church of Canada -- Biography
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.)
- Pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Diaries
- Pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Correspondence
- Women pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Diaries
- Women pioneers -- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Correspondence
- Peace River Valley (B.C. and Alta.) -- Social life and customs
- 971.18703092 21
- F1089.P3 .C667 1999
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Monica Storrs arrived in the barely settled Peace River wilderness of northern British Columbia as an Anglican missionary. As the journals progress, Storrs' imperialistic attitude softens as her work draws her into the lives around her.
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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CHOICE Review
During the early days in the growth and development of Canada, a number of enthusiastic and well-educated English gentlewomen came to the Dominion to help establish Anglicanism and foster pride in empire. Devoted to church and Crown, these women exemplified generations of female workers in the church, in both the spiritual and social sense. Companions of the Peace is the account of one such worker, Monica Storrs, and her activities in the far reaches of British Columbia during the 1930s. The work is a highly readable account of the hardships and satisfaction that Storrs and her companions endured and achieved. Specialized and well edited, Companions contains copious explanatory notes. Their usefulness would be greatly enhanced if they appeared at the bottom of the appropriate page, thus precluding constant flipping back and forth from front to rear. For the student of Canadian history in particular and in the British Empire in general, this book offers uncommon insights. Upper-division undergraduates and above. S. A. Syme; Coastal Carolina UniversityThere are no comments on this title.