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Author | Rudy Wiebe |
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Language | English |
Published | 1962 ( McClelland & Stewart) |
Publication place | Canada |
Media type | Print ( Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 239 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
Peace Shall Destroy Many is the first novel by Canadian author Rudy Wiebe. The novel surrounds the lives of pacifist Mennonites in Saskatchewan during World War II. [1] The book generated considerable controversy in the Canadian Mennonite community when it was first published, forcing Wiebe to resign his position as editor of the Mennonite Brethren Herald. [2] The book is considered the first novel about Canadian Mennonites written in English and spurred on a wave of Mennonite literature in the decades after its publication. [3]
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Author | Rudy Wiebe |
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Language | English |
Published | 1962 ( McClelland & Stewart) |
Publication place | Canada |
Media type | Print ( Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 239 pp (first edition, hardcover) |
Peace Shall Destroy Many is the first novel by Canadian author Rudy Wiebe. The novel surrounds the lives of pacifist Mennonites in Saskatchewan during World War II. [1] The book generated considerable controversy in the Canadian Mennonite community when it was first published, forcing Wiebe to resign his position as editor of the Mennonite Brethren Herald. [2] The book is considered the first novel about Canadian Mennonites written in English and spurred on a wave of Mennonite literature in the decades after its publication. [3]