Sojourning Sisters: The Lives and Letters of Jessie and Annie McQueen

by Jean Barman

Book Overview

Shortly after the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1886, two young sisters from Pictou County, Nova Scotia, took the train west to British Columbia. Jessie and Annie McQueen each intended to teach there for three years and then return home. In fact they remained sojourners between British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Ontario for much of their lives. Drawing on family correspondence and supported by extensive engagement with current scholarship,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802048773
• ISBN13: 9780802048776
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher