 | Michael Power: The Struggle to Build the Catholic Church on the Canadian Frontier Subjects: Power Michael 1804–1847; Catholic Church -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Bishops -- Biography; Catholic Church -- Canada -- History -- 19th century; From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight and grace, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth. McGowan Mark G. : Mark G. McGowan is professor of history at the University of Toronto and principal emeritus of St Michael's College. His is the author of several books including The Imperial Irish: Canada's Irish Catholics Fight the Great War, 1914-1918.Mark G. McGowan, principal and associate professor at St Michael's College, is the author of The Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922. |
