The edited letters and papers of Emeric and Rosemary Sala
In the early days of the Bahá'í Faith in Montreal (Canada) circa 1927, two special people met, married and spent the rest of their lives in service to the world's newest religion. Their days in Canada, Venezeula, South Africa, and Mexico are chronicled from their own letters, audio tapes of their remembrances, and other documentation into an exceptionally well-edited biography.
Emotionally moving and inspiring, a book you will want to read again and again.
Special section of photographs from the early days of the Faith. (See list below)
In Emeric's own words:"This is a grand world. It may look large to some, but it is a small place and we live on it only a short while."
ISBN: 1-896331-11-4 | WMPub# 1019 | 5˝" x 8˝" | 164 pages perfectbound | 12 pages photographs | $19.95 CDN
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Table of Contents:
6.....Foreword
7.....Introduction
11.....Chapter 1: From Old World To New
......Beginnings .....Leaving Home .....Hamburg .....Hazardous Journey
21.....Chapter 2: Montreal
.....The New World .....First Months in Montreal .....A New Adventure Begins .....It Began With A Dream .....A Speaker and A Book .....A Citizen of the World .....Bahá'í Youth Group .....Two Objectives .....Rosemary at Greenacre .....A New Friend .....Shadows of War .....St. Lambert .....New York City .....The Kinneys' .....Trip on the Underground .....Open House .....Juliet Thompson
50.....Chapter 3: The Maxwell Family
.....May Maxwell .....May's Teaching Methods .... "A Very Wonderful Son" .....The Guardian's Marriage .....Mary's Dream .....One More Step .....Sutherland Maxwell .....The Alabaster Box
58.....Chapter 4: Turning Point
.....Pilgrimage .....The Family is United .....A Mysterious Illness .....Venezuela .....Over the Andes .....Return to Montreal .....This Earth One Country .....Teaching Trips .....Beaulac .....First National Convention .....Here Is Your Home .....A Death in the Family .....Fred Schopflocher .....Dorothy Baker's First Talk .....Long Obligatory Prayer .....Keeping Balance .....A Dream .....Louis Gregory .....Leroy Ioas .....Millie Collins .....John Robarts
90.....Chapter 5: Africa
.....The Ten Year Crusade .....Wales .....England .....Germany .....The Kenya Castle .....Stories from Kenya .....Zululand .....Settled in Samungu ....Who Are These People? .....Port Elizabeth .....Rosemary's Project ....."Wonderland" .....A Cable from London .....Dedication of the Temple - Kampala .....The Guardian in Africa .....Enoch Olinga .....The Spear
112.....Chapter 6: Shifting of Gears
.....Europe - 1963 ....Visits to Canada .....National Spiritual Assembly .....Second International Convention .....African Teaching Trips
120.....Chapter 7: To Canada And To Mexico
.....A Dream ....Leaving ....Montreal - Stone and Windows .....Letters to Robert .....To The Orient - A Luminous Trail of Light .....Petals in the Sand .....Back to Beaulac .....Shrine Committee .....An Avocado Orchard in Mexico .....Portugal and Spain .....Letter to A New Bahá'í .....Visits .....Great-Nieces and Nephews .....Return to Greenacre .....Amine .....The Farm .....Angus Cowan .....The Lotus and The Arc
147.....Chapter 8: Last Letters
.....Leaving .....Flight
154.....Chapter 9: Final Journeys
.....The Man from Georgia .....A Special Fireside .....The Years With Donya .....Final Journeys
160.....Sources
162.....Glossary
Photograph Section:
The Sala Children: Blanca, Ernest, Emeric, and Paul Sala
The Gillies family: Mrs. Gillies, Captain Gillies, Jean, Margaret, Rosemary and Helen.
Emeric Sala, taken in Sibiu, Romania, 1925
Rosemary Gillies, Hamilton Island, Ontario 1926
Bahá'ís in Maxwell Home, including Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell and the Salas'
Rosemary and sister Margaret, 1931
Emeric, 1934
The Sala Family at the time of Emeric's parents arrival in Canada, May,1939
Rosemary Gillies at National Convention, Chicago, 1929 standing by a Temple section
Patio of Bahá'í Centre, Havana, Cuba, 1946. Jean Silver, 2nd person n second row, was a pioneer from New York City.
Rosemary at Beaulac, in the dining room
Emeric speaking, 1947
Rosemary and Emeric in Rio de Janeiro, 1946
Rosemary and Emeric at Temple in Chicago, 1946
Bahá'ís at Banff, Alberta Conference, 1947: Rolly McGee, Marguerite Winkler, Lulu Barr, Milwyn Davies, Anne McGee, Rosemary Sala, Ross Woodman.
Beaulac, 1947
Ruhiyyih Khanum accepting a bouquet from Emeric given on behalf of the National Spiritual Assembly of Canada at the grave of Hand of the Cause Mr. Maxwell, May 1953
Norma Sala Liedtke
Rosemary and Emeric in Zululand, 1954
At the border of Zululand
Rosemary with avid library fans
Emeric and staff of the Samungu Trading Post, Zululand.
Rosemary, 1978.
Emeric Sala and Rowland Estall, 2 re-united members of the original Montreal Bahá'í youth group, in the mid 1980s
