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BARMAN, JEAN Sojourning Sisters: The Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie Mcqueen
Toronto, University of Toronto Press. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 0 8020 3697 X) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Clear Brodart-protected jacket, Red cloth, black lettering; charcoal pastedowns and endpapers. Pictorial dust jacket in grey, black and red. Very clean, sound copy (unread). 304 pages including: detailed Index; very detailed chapter notes; illustrated with a number of black and white plates - reproductions of personal photographs. The story of the McQueen sisters from Pictou County, Nova Scotia who, shortly after the completion of the Canadian transcontinental railroad in 1886, took the train west to British Columbia where they remained as sojourners for much of their lives. The book provides a new interpretation of early settlement across Canada as they became involved in their new communities. Using Jessie and Annie McQueen's letters home, the author evokes the boundless energy and enthusiasm shown by thousands of women who helped form Canada's frontiers - a significant and scholarly contribution to understanding the building of a nation. Very uncommon. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Offered for US$ 35.00 by: Well Read Books (formerly Literacy Nanaimo) - Book number: 001280
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