Hard Passage: A Mennonite Family’s Long Journey from Russia to Canada

“After his father’s funeral in 1971, the author of this book inherited a box containing handwritten documents in German, a few official documents in Russian, a diary from 1911, notebooks covering the 1920s in Russia and Canada, a certificate of naturalization, and letters, postcards and photographs. He read histories of the Mennonites, examined the archives of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and interviewed survivors of the events chronicled in the historical data he collected. This book is in part an attempt to know more about his parents. … Written with affection and much first-hand experience, and dedicated to his parents, this book is a suitable tribute to an interesting people, and should prove of value to students of Russian and Canadian history.” Frederick Jones, Bournemouth, British Journal of Canadian Studies, 21.1