Publisher's Synopsis
This is the story of Alice Heffernon, whose life as a well brought up young Engnlishwoman is utterly transformed by her marriage. Here, too, is the story of her adventurous and restless husband, Joe Atherton, athlete, actor, printer, journalist, publisher and pioneer. Together with their children, the abandon the comforts of England to begin a new life and build a new society in the Canadian West. A joyful and exuberant chronicle of a time and a way of life long gone.
