Salverson, Laura Goodman, 1890-1970

Confessions of an immigrant's daughter / Laura Goodman Salverson ; with an introduction by K.P. Stich - xvi, 415 pages - Social history of Canada, 34 .

Part I. The first horizon I discover my birthplace Introducing job's cycle Humours of the last frontier Treasured portrait I meet the August ancestors Introduction to exile Exile First taste of new world Subjective interlude God's fields Those child transgressions Tales strange and varied Vignettes of a private world Selkirk interlude False security Part II The American scene opens New friends of novel fortune The scene brightens Fresh misfortune Solitary Christmas The world enlarges Meeting destiny Part III. New worlds to conquer Adolescent conditioning Tales out of time I discover drama Darker reason Again green pastures Magic moonlight Deep interval Forced decision The north once more Trails of a job hunter Readjustment and the righteous few A kitchen-view of society The working world And so farewell Back to the Canadian scene My prairie argosy The face of virtue I settle in my own country Homestead and boarding-house Birth of an author So dreams come true

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Salverson, Laura Goodman, 1890-1970


Authors, Canadian--20th century--Biography

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