03078nam 2200721 450 991046058760332120200520144314.01-4985-0811-1(CKB)3710000000459837(EBL)4086469(SSID)ssj0001532628(PQKBManifestationID)12497672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532628(PQKBWorkID)11476912(PQKB)10676549(MiAaPQ)EBC4086469(Au-PeEL)EBL4086469(CaPaEBR)ebr11125294(CaONFJC)MIL819789(OCoLC)916449796(EXLCZ)99371000000045983720150616h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRelief work as pilgrimage "Mademoiselle Miss Elsie" in Southern France, 1945-1948 /M.J. Heisey and Nancy R. HeiseyLanham [Maryland] :Lexington Books,[2015]©20151 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4985-0810-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Principal characters -- Elsie Bechtel : pilgrimage and Anabaptist relief work -- Elsie Bechtel's writings : waiting and beginnings -- The world and the Lavercantière Refuge -- Elsie Bechtel's writings : Lavercantière as muse -- Travels to Lavercantière, 2006-2007.In 1945, Elsie C. Bechtel left her Ohio home for the tiny French commune of Lavercantière, where for nearly three years she cared for children displaced by the ravages of war. This book, based her diary, oral testimony, and archival research, draws on these various contexts to establish the complexity and significance of pilgrimage and humanitarian service as intercultural exchanges.World War, 1939-1945Civilian reliefFranceLavercantièreWorld War, 1939-1945FranceLavercantièreWorld War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsAnabaptistsOhioBiographyAmericansFranceLavercantièreBiographyChristian pilgrims and pilgrimagesFranceLavercantièreHistory20th centuryWar reliefFranceLavercantièreHistory20th centuryLavercantière (France)History20th centuryElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Civilian reliefWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Religious aspects.AnabaptistsAmericansChristian pilgrims and pilgrimagesHistoryWar reliefHistory940.54/77944733BHeisey M. J(Mary Jane),1955-891926Heisey Nancy R.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460587603321Relief work as pilgrimage1992019UNINA