Koozma J. Tarasoff, ed. Spirit-Wrestlers' Voices: Honouring Doukhobors on the Centenary of their Migration to Canada in 1899. Ottawa: Legal, 1998. vi, 387 pp. Illustrations. $25.00, paper.
This volume commemorates the one-hundredth anniversary of the Doukhobors' mass migration to Canada in 1899. Compiled and edited by Koozma Tarasoff of the Museum of Civilization in Hull, it includes memoirs, essays and poetry written mainly (but not exclusively) by Canadian Doukhobors.
The book is divided into six sections, with each section focusing on a different aspect of Doukhobor life. The first, "Material and Artistic Achievements," describes the success the Doukhobors have …