God's galloping girl : the Peace River diaries of Monica Storrs, 1929-1931

Summary: "What brought Monica Storrs to embark on a wilderness life in the depressed thirties amidst the hardships of B.C.'s Peace River country-the last North American frontier? Monica Storrs was to stay in the north for twenty years...Hearing the 'clear call' of duty, she was endowed with a strong desire to serve the Anglican cause...Her mission was the settlers and the frontier. She came to teach Sunday School and the traditions of guiding and scouting to tough, work-hardened country children. She rode horseback to bring the gospel to the families of isolated farmers and trappers. She welcomed the poor and hungry to her home-both the god-fearing and the godless. And she was, for the most part, welcome in theirs. She and the women who became her helpers were known affectionately by the people of the Peace as 'God's Galloping Girls'...Monica Storrs' diaries are a moving narrative of a woman's indomitable courage, faith, and humour...Her words convey the wild and primitive beauty of the Peace River country-not just a region, but an adventure of the spirit." --inside cover.