Good Intentions Gone Awry Emma Crosby and the Methodist Mission on the Northwest Coast

Author/creator Hare, Jan Author
Other author Barman, Jean Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoGeorgetown : UBC Press Seattle : University of Washington Press [Distributor]
Description344 p. ill 08.980 x 06.040 in.
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Summary Annotation Good Intentions Gone Awry chronicles the experiences of a missionary wife through the letters of Emma Crosby to her family and friends in Ontario. Her husband, Thomas Crosby, came to Fort Simpson, near present-day Prince Rupert, in 1874 to set up a mission among the Tsimshian people. The authors critically examine Emma's sincere convictions about mission work and the running of the Crosby Girl's Home, later a residential school, while at the same time exposing them as a product of the times in which she lived. They also examine the roles of Native and mixed-race intermediaries who made possible the feats attributed to Thomas Crosby.
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Awards noteBritish Columbia Historical Federation Writing Competition (nominated), 2006 CAN
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780774812719
ISBN0774812710 (Other) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780774812719
Stock number01296355

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