To All Our Children

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The Story of Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada Written by Albert VanderMey This large coffee-table book is back in print. To All Our Children describes in extensive detail the process of wanting to leave one's home and extended family, making preparations for emigrating, saying farewell, embarking on ships (which in...

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The Story of Postwar Dutch Immigration to Canada

Written by Albert VanderMey

This large coffee-table book is back in print. To All Our Children describes in extensive detail the process of wanting to leave one's home and extended family, making preparations for emigrating, saying farewell, embarking on ships (which in some cases were nothing more than troop transport ships) and the misery of seasickness, to sighting land and stepping off the boat for new adventures on foreign soil among people who spoke a different language and had "strange" traditions and ways. Starting afresh on foreign soil means overcoming obstacles. The Dutch faced many of those!

Anyone who reads this book will learn to deeply appreciate the courage of past immigrants: their parents and/or grandparents, perhaps, along with the rest of that generation.

Hardcover with jacket, 512 pages, Richly illustrated, lists thumbnail sketches and a picture of "immigrant" ships - including the Groote Beer, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Maasdam, Nieuw Amsterdam, Noordam, Ryndam II, Seven Seas, Sibajak, Volendam, Waterman, Zuiderkruis, Stella, and Zaandam. Still available are some wall plaques depicting these ships. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase of this heritage tome includes a pdf format of Companion To All Our Children. This separate electronic file contains an index of Names and Places, a bibliography plus other helpful information which helps the reader follow unique aspects of the Dutch immigrant history.

To All Our Children

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