Cloud-capped Towers: The Utopian Theme in Saskatchewan History and Culture
- ISBN-10
- 0889772045
- ISBN-13
- 9780889772045
- Category
- Communities
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Author
- Alex MacDonald
Description
Sinclair Ross Ross's As for Me and My House ( 1941 ) is a narrative by the wife of the Reverend Philip Bentley , a minister at Horizon Church during the tough days of Depression - era Saskatchewan . Philip is a failed artist and writer ...
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