Pastor to the Outports : The Story of William and Emma McKirdy

Richly remembered and infinitely detailed, Margaret Sherman's tribute to her parents is at once an intimate glimpse into the personal life of a remarkable man and a vivid recreation of a time, a lifestyle, all but forgotten in today's frenetic world. Born in Glasgow int he sunset years of Vitoria's reign, William McKirdy was the son of a baker. He excelled in religious studies and as a young man seized the opportunity to emigrate to Newfoundland as a "missionary". His adventures in the New World, his long courtship, marriage, his travels, his trials all come to vivid life as his only child, Margaret Sherman, treats the reader to a three-dimensional saga, based upon his diaries, notes, memoirs, itineraries, and other prime source materials.