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Mulhall David |
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Titolo |
Will to power : the missionary career of Father Morice / / David Mulhall |
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Vancouver : , : University of British Columbia Press, , 1986 |
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1-283-22639-1 |
9786613226396 |
0-7748-5709-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 221 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Missionaries - British Columbia |
Carrier Indians - Missions |
Indians of North America - Missions - British Columbia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Incudes bibliography (p. [209]-216) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- The Making of an Oblate Missionary -- Tenderfoot Missionary Among the Chilcotin -- With the Carrier: The Missionary Foundation, 1885-1895 -- The Acquisition of Paramount Power, 1885-1896 -- Savant of the Woods, 1885-1896 -- "King of the Country" -- Back to Business: Exploration and Itinerant Preaching in 1899 -- A Kingdom Lost, 1900-1903 -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This study of British Columbia's most famous missionary, Father A.G. Morice, OMI, casts new lights on his motives and actions. Extraordinarily vain and egotistical, Morice was obsessed with gaining power and recognition as a missionary, explorer, and Indian expert. With his native intelligence and boundless energy and determination, he built a veritable kingdom for himself in northern B.C. However, his rebellious and erratic behaviour finally led to a conflict with his superiors, as David Mulhall points out in this fascinating account of a very atypical Oblate missionary. |
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