Dear Philippine

From the book's dust-jacket: From the time she was twelve, Philippine Duchesne's aim was to go as a missionary to the North American Indians. She was seventy two when she finally set out from St. Louis, Missouri, to help establish a mission for the Potawotami Indians. For more than half of her lifetime Mother Duchesne had waited and prayed to be sent to America and, after that to be sent to the Indians. She had survived the horrors of the Reign of the Terror in France and been a strong right arm to to Mother Barat in founding the Society of the Sacred Heart in Europe always watching for the opportunity that she sought. At last in 18181, Mother Barat sent her "dear Philippine" to establish the Society in the New World.