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A Very Ordinary Life
Knight, Rolf; Knight, Phyllis
http://www.connexions.org/CxArchive/RolfKnight/CX7714-VeryOrdinaryLife.pdfPublisher: New Star Books, Vancouver, Canada Year Published: 1974 Pages: 317pp ISBN: 0-919888-0-3 Resource Type: Book Cx Number: CX7714 The story of one woman's life in the context of a dazzling and brutal century, encompassing the rise of fascism, the great depression, emigration, war, and above all, a likfe of work -- in mining and logging camps, in factories, on the farm. Abstract: - Table of Contents 1. Rise up to the Light (1901-1914) 2. Work, War, Revolution (1914-1919) 3. Birds of Passage (1919-1924) 4. Settling Down (1924-1928) 5. First Years n Canada (1928-1930) 6. The Depression in Vancouver (1930- 1934) 7. A Stint in the Cariboo (1934-1937) 8. Edge of the Maelstrom (1937 - 1942) 9. A Place of our Own (1942-1946) 10. Change of Life (1946-1950) 11. Grass Widow (1950-1964) 12. Ashes and Embers (1964-1972) 13. Reflections (June 1973) Footnotes There is a copy of this book in the Connexions Archive. Subject Headings |