Canadian Mennonite writer Margaret Epp, 95, in September ("Peppermint Sue," 1955)
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http://www.legacy.com/CAN-SASKATOON/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=117224791
(brief obit, with photo and guest book)
http://mhss.sk.ca/A/fonds/PP/MargaretEpp.shtml
"Guide to the Holdings of MHSS; Section III: Personal Papers;
Margaret Epp collection"
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=margaret+epp&pics=on&sortby=7&x=0&y=0
(some book covers)
http://finding-a-voice.blogspot.com/2008/04/margaret-epp.html
(interview in April)
Excerpt:
"Miss Epp, winner of the Leslie K. Tarr Award in 2003, was a
professional writer from age 35 to 77. When she was just seven years
old, God told her that she would be a writer. At 95, she recalls that
moment vividly. She was at a boarding school in China when 'the
revelation' came, and went outside to stand under a tree and absorb
it.
"Even so, did not begin writing for another 28 years. It wasn't a
practical for a Mennonite farm girl, but the depression made space for
many young people to receive higher education, so Margaret attended
Bethany (now Bible College) with her brothers. After graduation she
was invited to stay on to teach English (which included manners). She
taught until age 35, at which time she just knew it was time to start
writing, and spent that first writing winter alone in the old family
farmhouse: wood stove, no electricity, no car, only a phone and
dependence on the neighbours. Her family was dubious about the living
arrangements, but they did not questioned the writing, unlike other
people in the community who were convinced that writing fiction meant
Margaret was dealing in lies."
(end of excerpt)
* Peppermint Sue, 1955.
* North to Sakitawa, 1955.
* Light on Twin Rocks [and] Music in the Wapawekkas, 1956.
* The Long Chase [and] Budworms and Tepees, 1956.
* Vicki Arthur, 1956.
* The Sign of the Tumbling T, 1956.
* Come Back, Jonah [and] The Secret of Larrabie Lake, 1956.
* Sap's Running, 1956.
* Thirty Days Hath September (story collection), 1956.
* Canadian Holiday, 1956.
* Shades of Great Aunt Martha, 1956.
* Anita and the Driftwood House, 1957.
* All in the April Evening (story collection), 1959.
* No Hand Sam (missionary stories), Mennonite Press, 1959.
* (Under pseudonym Agnes Goossen) Mystery at Pony Ranch, 1963.
* But God Hath Chosen; The Story of John and Mary Dyck, Mennonite
Press, 1963.
* Come to My Party (nonfiction), Zondervan, 1964.
* A Fountain Sealed, Zondervan, 1965.
* The Brannans of Bar Lazy B, 1965.
* Trouble on the Flying M, 1966.
* The North Wind and the Caribou, 1966.
* Search Down the Yukon, 1967.
* Walk in My Woods (autobiography), 1967.
* Prairie Princess, 1967, published as Sarah and the Magic Twenty-
Fifth, Victor, 1977.
* No Help Wanted, 1968.
* The Princess and the Pelican, 1968, published as Sarah and the
Pelican, Victor, 1977.
* This Mountain Is Mine (biography), 1969.
* The Princess Rides a Panther, 1970, published as Sarah and the
Lost Friendship, Victor, 1979.
* Call of the Wahoa and Other Adventures, 1971.
* Great Frederick and Friends, 1971.
* Runaway at the Running K, 1972.
* Into All the World (adult nonfiction), Prairie Press, 1973.
* The Earth Is Round (historical novel), Christian Press, 1974.
* Proclaim Jubilee! (adult nonfiction), Bethany Press, 1977.
* Tulpengasse: A Church Blossoms in Vienna (adult nonfiction),
Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churchs Board of
Publications, 1978.
* Sarah and the Mystery of the Hidden Boy, Victor, 1979.
* Sarah and Those Darnley Boys, Victor, 1981.
* Chariots in the Smoke, Kindred Press (Hillsboro, KS), 1990.
* The Earth Is Round, Christian Light Publications, 1998.
Some descriptions:
Jungle Call, 1966
"Ken and Faith Lingard have an unexpected introduction to the
distinguished author, Faye Wannamaker, which results in their being
invited to join her in a three month trip to Peru. The possibility of
finding a long-lost uncle who was last reported in that country adds
suspense and intrigue to an already exciting adventure!"
Walk in My Woods
1967. "Autobiography spanning different eras and cultures. One of 10
children of a missionary in China, she tells her story to pioneering
in Western Canada."
Sarah and the magic twenty-fifth
"A Canadian farm girl, daughter of devout Christian family, learns not
to fear God but to love Him."
The princess and the Pelican
1968. "Sequel to the book Prairie Princess. The story of an active,
fun loving girl on Canadian farm, during the times when they used
steamers that did the threshing of wheat & oats on farms."
The Earth is Round
1974. "When young Cornelia Harms, living in the village of Shoenthal,
Russia, gets word that she and her family are moving to the `other
side of the world', she is quite apprehensive. They eventually
emigrate to the area near Steinbach Manitoba, southeast of Winnipeg.
These 226 pages (plus a glossary of Mennonite (High and Low German)
are a fictionalized history of early settlement on the Canadian
prairies."
Sarah and the mystery of the hidden boy (Prairie adventure series)
1979. "Sarah Naomi Scott's world - a Canadian prairie farm in the
1920s - is one of hard work and many discomforts mixed with the joys
of loyal animal friends and the support of a strong Christian family
and church. But a series of adventures begins to change Sarah's
world ."
Sarah and the Darnley boys, 1981
"The adventures of a Canadian farm girl who must deal with the
troublemaking Darnley brothers whose father is on the school board."
Lenona.