Broad is the way stories from Mayerthorpe
by Margaret Norquay
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In 1949, Margaret Norquay moved with her new husband, a minister with the United Church of Canada, to Mayerthorpe, in northern Alberta, a village in the centre of what was in those days a pioneer hinterland. Broad Is the Way is a collection of stories from their seven years there. Told with affection and gentle humour, the stories cover the challenges, heartaches, and delights of a young community and a minister and his wife in a very new marriage. Topics include the experience of orphan show more children sent to work on Western farms, manoeuvring for a restroom downtown for farmers' wives i show lessTags
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 971.2303092 — History & geography History of North America Canada Prairie Provinces, Western Canada Alberta Alberta
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- FC3699 .M39 .N67 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America Canadian History (LCC Extension)
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