Voyages of Hope

The Saga of the Bride-Ships

Peter Johnson
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Title
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A line of nervous young women got off a ship in Victoria Harbour in 1862 and had to walk the gauntlet between two rows of...

A line of nervous young women got off a ship in Victoria Harbour in 1862 and had to walk the gauntlet between two rows of jostling, eager men. One girl, proposed to on the spot, accepted equally quickly and left town with her new husband. Why did these women leave everything behind in England and come to the west coast? The answers lie in the lusty turmoil of a gold-rush frontier, the horrible disruptions of industrial England and the conflicting aims of earnest Christians and early British feminists.

Publisher
TouchWood Editions
ISBN
9780920663790
Publication Date
September 16, 2002
Photo Source
Stock Photo
No. of Pages
240
Dimensions
L 19.0cm x W 14.3cm x H 2.0cm