Relief work as pilgrimage : "Mademoiselle Miss Elsie" in Southern France, 1945-1948 / / M.J. Heisey and Nancy R. Heisey

• Autore: Heisey M. J (Mary Jane), <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham [Maryland] : , : Lexington Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/77944733; B
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Civilian relief - France - Lavercantière; World War, 1939-1945 - France - Lavercantière; World War, 1939-1945 - Religious aspects; Anabaptists - Ohio; Americans - France - Lavercantière; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - France - Lavercantière - History - 20th century; War relief - France - Lavercantière - History - 20th century
• Soggetto geografico: Lavercantière (France) History 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): HeiseyNancy R.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Relief work as pilgrimage
• ISBN: 1-4985-0811-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460587603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II