e-branch	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   My Account/Renew Loans   Community Info   KidSearch   New Catalogue!

Search Advanced By Format By Number My Searches Can't Find it? Find Magazine Articles & more Problems?

Search:  Title Starts with...Title Keyword(s)Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)Subject Starts with...Subject Keyword(s)Series Starts with...Series Keyword(s)Anyword/AnywhereList Name Keyword(s)       Refine Search     > You're searching: Halifax Public Libraries

Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Wiebe, Rudy Henry, 1934-     Subjects     Mennonites -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Fiction.     Nineteen forties -- Fiction.     Cultural relations -- Fiction.     Saskatchewan -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wiebe, Rudy Henry, 1934-       by title:      Peace shall destroy ...       by call number:      FICTION WIE     Search the Web     Wiebe, Rudy Henry, 1934-     Mennonites -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Fiction.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Fiction.     Nineteen forties -- Fiction.     Cultural relations -- Fiction.     Saskatchewan -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Peace shall destroy many / Rudy Wiebe ; introduction, J.M. Robinson ; general editor, Malcolm Ross. by Wiebe, Rudy Henry, 1934- McClelland & Stewart, [1989], c1972. Call #: FICTION WIE Subjects Mennonites -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence -- Fiction.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Food supply -- Fiction.   Nineteen forties -- Fiction.   Cultural relations -- Fiction.   Saskatchewan -- Fiction. Series New Canadian library no. 82. ISBN:  9780676973426 (trade pbk.) Description:  xi, 239 p. : 22 cm. Notes:  Published also in paperback: Toronto : Vintage, 2001. Summary:  In 1944, as war rages across Europe and Asia, famine, violence and fear are commonplace. But life appears tranquil in the isolated farming settlement of Wapiti in northern Saskatchewan, where the Mennonite community continues the agricultural lifestyle their ancestors have practised for centuries. Their Christian values of peace and love lead them to oppose war and military service, so they are hardly affected by the war - except for the fact that they are reaping the rewards of selling their increasingly valuable crops and livestock. Thom Wiens, a young farmer and earnest Christian, begins to ask questions. How can they claim to oppose the war when their livestock become meat to sustain soldiers? How can they enjoy this free country but rely on others to fight to preserve that freedom? Within the community, conflicts and broken relationships threaten the peace, as the Mennonite tradition of close community life manifests itself as racism toward their 'half-breed' neighbours, and aspirations of holiness turn into condemnation of others. Perhaps the greatest hope for the future lies with children such as Hal Wiens, whose friendship with the Métis children and appreciation of the natural environment offer a positive vision of people living at peace with themselves and others. Genre:  Historical fiction. Canadian fiction. First novel. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION WIE Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION WIE Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION WIE Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.