Willamette Interlude

In the fascinating account, first published in 1959, the author tracks the pioneering progress of six Belgian Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as they struggle to establish a mission for the poor in 1844 in Oregon territory. “The story of Willamette Interlude has four claims to distinction. First of all, its theme is magnificent. In the second place it is concerned with beginnings, and to true lovers of history nothing is more absorbing than origins. There is, moreover, a wealth of four-dimensiona