Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan A 3,000 Mile Tour by Two Englishwomen on Behalf of Religious Education

"Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan" by Frances Hatton Eva Hasell is an account of an early 20th-century voyage across the Canadian prairie undertaken by two Englishwomen who set out on a 3,000-mile tour intended to support religious education. The narrative highlights the partnership of Hasell and her companion to deal with the difficulties of introducing spiritual teachings in the lonely settlements they went to. The journey’s purpose, to address the spiritual needs of Western Canadian settlers and remedy a lack of religious education for children, is explored in the book’s opening paragraphs, and it also goes into the logistics and preparation for their mission. Hasell recalls joining a mission to plant Sunday Schools in distant places, documenting how they procured a motor caravan necessary for getting over the rough prairie landscape. The author uses vivid imagery to portray the tough beauty of the prairie setting and to set the tone of the spiritual mission ahead.