God's little ships : a history of the Columbia Coast Mission

Summary: "The men and women of the Columbia Coast Mission ships, legendary figures in the history of the BC coast, are brought vividly to life in this readable, well-researched volume. From 1904 to the mid-1970s, the mission sent out ships in all kinds of weather, delivering medical care and non-sectarian spiritual support to logging camps, Native villages and white settlements in 20,000 square miles of rugged coastline. John Antle, who founded the mission, was a devout and practical Christian who measured his success in services to BC's outposts, rather than material wealth or number of converts. Immortalized in Margaret Craven's I Heard the Owl Call My Name, and in the hearts and memories of families all over the coast, the mission was a glad, bold organization that could be as rough-cut and unconventional as the individuals it served."--

Record details

ISBN: 155017133X
ISBN: 9781550171334
Physical Description: xx, 308 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
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Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 1995.
Copyright: ©1995.